Quote

Say what you mean. Say what you see. Make a photograph, if you can, for the reader.

Stephen King

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
Actor
Author
Columnist
Director
Film Director
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Teacher
Television Producer
Writer
Portland
Maine
Stephen Edwin King
Richard Bachman
John Swithen
Reader
Mean
Writing
Make
Photograph

More quotes by Stephen King

Image
It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.
Stephen King
Image
I go where the story leads. And, sometimes, it is a little bit outrageous. And I relish that. I sort of want to be as much on the edge as I can.
Stephen King
Image
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading is the creative center of a writer’s life…you cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.
Stephen King
Image
I've put men to death-men with supposedly immortal souls-that looked dumber than that mouse
Stephen King
Image
Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity
Stephen King
Image
Nothing is ever lost, Sarah. Nothing that can't be found.
Stephen King
Image
You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves.
Stephen King
Image
Writing's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.
Stephen King
Image
A product is something made in a factory a brand is something that is bought by the customer. A product can be copied by a competitor a brand is unique. A product can be quickly outdated a successful brand is timeless.
Stephen King
Image
Too often, in novels that are speculative, God is a kind of kryptonite, and that's about all that it is, and it goes back to Dracula, where someone dumps a crucifix in Count Dracula's face, and he pulls away and runs back into his house. That's not religion. That's some kind of juju, like a talisman.
Stephen King
Image
I was being paid to do what I loved, and there's no gig on earth better than that it's like a license to steal.
Stephen King
Image
And if you are honest about the words coming out of your characters' mouths, you'll find that you've let yourself in for a fair amount of criticism.
Stephen King
Image
There are all sorts of dream interpretations, Freud's being the most notorious, but I have always believed they served a simple eliminatory function, and not much more - that dreams are the psyche's way of taking a good dump every now and then.
Stephen King
Image
I understand from my own work that haste makes waste. But I also understand that ... the creative spark dims, and then death puts it out. William Shakespeare, for instance, hasn’t produced a new play for 400 years. That, my friends, is a long dry spell.
Stephen King
Image
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
Image
and then woe is you, Pauly. Woe to the max.
Stephen King
Image
It might be that the biggest division in the world isn't men and women but folks who like cats and folks who like dogs - (L.T.'s Theory of Pets)
Stephen King
Image
But it's hard for a man to give up all his pleasures, even when they don't pleasure him no more.
Stephen King
Image
If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.
Stephen King
Image
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.
Stephen King