Stephen King: Citations en anglais

Stephen King est écrivain américain. Citations en anglais.
Stephen King: 823 citations9 J'aime

“The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance… logic can be happily tossed out the window.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King livre The Stand

Source: The Stand

“Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King

“As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King

“I dreamed of you. I dreamed you were wandering in the dark, and so was I. We found each other. We found each other in the dark.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King

“Love among the ruins… I'll tell you something, my friend: Weird love's better than no love at all.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King livre La Ligne verte

Source: The Green Mile

“It's only a little secret, but having a secret makes me feel better. Like a human being again.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King livre Rage

Source: Rage

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King livre On Writing

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

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

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King

Variante: 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 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.”

Help us translate this quote

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".”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King Storm of the Century

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

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

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King

Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“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.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King

“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.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King livre Salem

Variante: 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

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

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King

“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.”

Help us translate this quote

Stephen King livre Night Shift

Source: Night Shift