I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers. Stephen King More Quotes by Stephen King More Quotes From Stephen King A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar. Stephen King realinspirationallife Yes, I’ve made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought of being paid for it...I have written because it fulfilled me. ... I did it for the pure joy of the things. And if you can do it for joy, you can do it forever. Stephen King loving-what-you-domotivationalinspirational The road to hell is paved with adverbs. Stephen King sisterhoodmoviewriting At the time we’re stuck in it, like hostages locked in a Turkish bath, high school seems the most serious business in the world to just about all of us. It’s not until the second or third class reunion that we start realizing how absurd the whole thing was. Stephen King classworldschool Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories. Stephen King madwritingcharacter But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never were, populate them with people who never existed, and then invite us to join them in their fantasies. And we do it, don't we? Yes. We PAY to do it. Stephen King actorsartistpeople It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying. Stephen King lifetwodeath The wind makes you ache is some place that is deeper than your bones. It may be that it touches something old in the human soul, a chord of race memory that says Migrate or die - migrate or die. Stephen King racewindmemories Black as night and as beautiful as forever. Stephen King foreverbeautifulnight Everyone loves something for nothing...even if it costs everything. Stephen King costifs The shuddering would not stop. The pain was like the end of the world. He thought: There comes a point when the very discussion of pain becomes redundant. No one knows there is pain the size of this in the world. No one. It is like being possessed by demons. Stephen King sizepainworld There came a time when you realized that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went. Stephen King pointlessmoving Life was a wheel, its only job was to turn, and it always came back to where it started. Stephen King turnswheelsjobs Research can only present data about the past. No one seriously believes that people's answers to hypothetical questions about the future accurately represent their future behaviour; they merely represent a current attitude, which may or may not be translated into future behaviour. Stephen King businessattitudebelieve Don't let the sun go down without saying thank you to someone, and without admitting to yourself that absolutely no one gets this far alone. Stephen King uptightadmittingparenting I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. Stephen King crimemysteryghost You have to stay faithful to what you're working on. Stephen King faithful I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time. Stephen King homewritingschool I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish. Stephen King good-enoughperiodsmight No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside. Stephen King listening-to-othersshould-havewriting
