Stephen King

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered. ↗

— Stephen King

#life

Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses. ↗

— Stephen King

#writers-on-writing

Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover. ↗

— Stephen King

#ocean

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. ↗

— Stephen King

#writers #speech

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged. ↗

— Stephen King

#been #cried #damaged #got #had

I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven. ↗

— Stephen King

#on-writing #stories #storytelling #storytelling

There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart. ↗

— Stephen King

#love #stephen-king #death

We fool ourselves so much we could do it for a living. ↗

— Stephen King

#life #life

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought. ↗

— Stephen King

#eddie #fear #grownups #horror #it

If it's ka it'll come like a wind, and your plans will stand before it no more than a barn before a cyclone ↗

— Stephen King

#fate #ka #love #roland #stephen-king