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.'

You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. Stephen King
I hated high school. I don't trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there’s something wrong with you. Stephen King
Women are better at keeping secrets, but men are more comfortable with them. Stephen King
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. Stephen King
If you can't laugh when things go bad—laugh and put on a little carnival—then you're either dead or wishing you were. Stephen King
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Stephen King
You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start you will. Stephen King
If I kept saying it; if I kept reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say ‘I can do this,' even when you know you can't. Stephen King
Puppies are God’s idea of a perfect workout program. Stephen King
Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up. Stephen King
Clear communication between selves the surface self and the deep self is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion. Stephen King
If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. Stephen King
Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy. Stephen King
I've found that any day's routine interruptions and distractions don't much hurt a work, in progress and may actually help it in some ways. It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster's shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters. Stephen King
Baseball is also a game of balance. Stephen King
Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second to least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. Stephen King
Rightly tired of the pain İ hear and feel, boss where we's comin from or goin to or why. If İ could end it, İ would. But İ can't. Stephen King
You stole my story and something's got to be done about it. Stephen King
I guess a sock is also a geometric shape—technically—but I don't know what you'd call it. A socktagon? Stephen King
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. Stephen King
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men. Stephen King