Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin Kingis an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections. Many of his stories are set in...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 September 1947
CityPortland, ME
I don't have nightmares; I give them all to you.
A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.
A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.
Bad writing is more than a matter of (expletive deleted) syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.
I'm seen as somebody who writes for adults because I'm an older man myself. Some of them find me, and a lot of them don't.
The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease & intimacy with the process of writing... It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn't, what is trite and what is fresh, what works and what lies there dying (or dead) on the page. The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.
Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.
A product can be quickly outdated, but a successful brand is timeless.
Small towns harbor small imaginations.
Money means I can support my family and still do what I love. Not very many people can say that in this world, and not many writers can say that.
Say what you mean. Say what you see. Make a photograph, if you can, for the reader.
All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.
But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.
The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising.