Stephen King Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Stephen King quotes, Stephen King sayings, and Stephen King proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness. Stephen King
If you want to play, you gotta pay. Stephen King
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Stephen King
Good books don't give up all their secrets at once. Stephen King
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. Stephen King
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. Stephen King
Nobody likes a clown at midnight Stephen King
It's best to be ruthless with the past Stephen King
If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. Stephen King
It's a tough life if you don't weaken. Stephen King
The late afternoon sunlight, warm as oil, sweet as childhood Stephen King
Some werewolves are hairy on the inside. Stephen King
You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. Stephen King
Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure. Stephen King
Sometimes a man and a woman reach a crossroads and linger there, reluctant to take either way, knowing the wrong choice will mean the end… and knowing there's so much worth saving. Stephen King
Laughter, is like a hurricane, once it reaches a certain point, it becomes self-feeding, self-supporting. You laugh not because the jokes are funny but because your own condition is funny. Stephen King
There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst. Stephen King
It's hard enough for a person to keep their own socks pulled up, let alone someone else's. Stephen King
The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Stephen King
There is zero, and there is eternity, and there is mortality, but there is no ultimate. Stephen King
Relief loosens tongues beyond measure. Stephen King
Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it? Stephen King
Each life makes its own immitation of immortality. Stephen King
Panic is highly contagious, especially in situations when nothing is known and everything is in flux. Stephen King
It's dialogue that gives your cast their voices, and is crucial in defining their characters. Stephen King
Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft. Stephen King
The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day. Stephen King
Nothing was certain; there were many strange twists and devious turns as one hopped down the overgrown bunnytrail of life. Stephen King
The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research. Stephen King
Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe. Stephen King

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