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
If you don't have time to read, then you have more time to write. Simple as that.
I'm delighted to know that my future with Scribner, Pocket Books and Simon & Schuster Audio is secure.
Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.
No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.
Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.
God pisses down the back of your neck every day but only drowns you once.
His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path.
Am I weird?" "Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird.
Listening to it was like having a mud-slimed piece of silk drawn lightly back and forth across her face.
Was there ever a trap to match the trap of love?
They were close to the end of the beginning . . .
I've never seen novels as built things. I have a tendency to see them as found things so that I always feel a little bit like an archaeologist who's working to get some fragile fossil out of the ground. And the more you get out unbroken, the better you succeed.
He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts
Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.