Stephen King: Trending quotes (page 7)

“Nobody likes a clown at midnight”

“Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.”

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”

“Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.”

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”

“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.”

“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.”

“Go then, there are other worlds than these.”

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.”

“Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.”

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”

“If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.”

“I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”

“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”

“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why God? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off".”

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”