Variant: 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…
Source: 'Salem's Lot

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

Stephen King

“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.”

Stephen King

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

Stephen King

Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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

Stephen King

“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".”

Stephen King Storm of the Century

Storm of the Century (1999)
Source: Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay

“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.”

Stephen King

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

Stephen King

Variant: Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”

Stephen King book On Writing

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Variant: Books are a uniquely portable magic