Stephen King quotes
Stephen King
Birthdate: 21. September 1947
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of 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 series, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written around 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections.
His novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption was the basis for the film The Shawshank Redemption which is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine.
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Quotes Stephen King
„It's hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.“
— Stephen King, book The Body
Source: The Body
„We have once again succeeded in destroying what we could not create.“
— Stephen King, book The Green Mile
Source: The Green Mile
„And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.“
Source: Pet Sematary (1983)
Context: It's probably wrong to believe there can be any limit to the horror which the human mind can experience. On the contrary, it seems that some exponential effect begins to obtain as deeper and deeper darkness falls - as little as one may like to support the idea that when the nightmare grows black enough, horror spawns horror, one coincidental evil begets other, often more deliberate evils, until finally blackness seems to cover everything. And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity. That such events have their own Rube Goldberg absurdity goes almost without saying. At some point, it all starts to become rather funny. That may be the point at which sanity begins either to save itself or to buckle and break down; that point at which one's sense of humor begins to reassert itself.
„I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.“
— Stephen King, book Full Dark, No Stars
Source: Full Dark, No Stars
„Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor“
— Stephen King, book 11/22/63
Source: 11/22/63
„Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches. Just believing is usually enough.“
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
„A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.“
— Stephen King, The Dark Tower
Source: The Dark Tower
„The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.“
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft