The 75 best quotes by Stephen King

This cult writer of horror literature has interesting thoughts to share.

Stephen Kingborn in 1947, is a famous and very popular American horror author. American author of horror novels.

In his works, King combines elements of the traditional Gothic tale with those of modern psychological thrillers and science fiction genres. Some of his best-known works are: Carrie, The Shining, It, Animal Cemetery o The Mystery of Salem's Lotamong many others.

Stephen King's Phrases

Throughout his life, this writer has been spreading reflections and phrases generally powerful and memorable. Below you can find a compilation of the best quotes by Stephen King.

1. To learn is to discover what we already know. To teach is to remind others that they know as well as we do. We are all learners, doers, teachers

People are able to learn, because it is necessary for our development.

2. Books are unique portable magic

Books can entertain us and, in addition, teach us new things.

3. If there were not those who succeed against all odds, I think everyone would quit

A motivational quote that encourages us to keep fighting.

4. He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.

A phrase that indicates that active listening is just as important as expressing our ideas and opinions.

5. The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The liar often gets away with it because of the victim's innocence.

6. People think I'm a rather strange person, but that's wrong: I have the Heart of a small child, it's in a glass jar on my desk.

One of Stephen King's autobiographical lines about how he is as a person. referring to how he is as a person.

7. What we like to think about ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.

Sometimes we tend to see ourselves differently from how others see us.

8. People who strive to do the right thing always seem crazy

Doing right seems crazy in this day and age.

9. Get busy living or get busy dying.

A way of saying to give your all.

10. If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

Writers are creative peoplepartly because of how much they read.

11. The poems are very easily lost under the sofas, which is undoubtedly one of their charms.

A quote that invites us to deep reflection.

12. Anger is the most useless emotion, destructive to the mind and harmful to the heart.

When it comes to anger, it is not only the victim who suffers; the person who feels it also suffers.

13. You can, you should, and if you are brave enough to start, you will.

It's no use having something in mind if you don't take action.

14. If you don't control your temper, your temper will control you.

Emotions and impulsiveness must be controlled when we live with others.

15. If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time or tools to write.

Reading is the best learning for writers.

16. Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they do, but we do not.

Disaffection causes great pain in those who suffer it.

17. How hard it was to remember it all through the haze of anger, the dry, off-key thump of that one chord!

A phrase taken from one of his famous works, The Shining.

18. You have to stay true to what you are working on

The work has to be done well, and we have to do our best.

19. Every life has its own imitation of immortality.

A quote that can only be understood if it comes from the mind of this genius.

20. We invent horrors to help us face the real ones.

Life has bad moments that we have to acceptAlthough there are people who prefer to look the other way.

21. Only enemies tell the truth. Friends and lovers always lie at some point.

Enemies say what they think, friends tend to want to look good.

22- Genuine regret is as scarce as genuine love.

People with a pure heart are not that plentiful nowadays.

23. Life is like a wheel. Sooner or later, it always comes back to the point where you started again.

Stephen King defines very well what this life is all about.

24. There is no gain without risk, perhaps there is no risk without love.

One takes a risk when one loves something so strongly that one does not reason.

25. The only reason a person writes a story is because through it he can understand the past and prepare himself for his death.

A phrase that refers to how people seek an explanation for our existence.

26. Be careful, always keep happy thoughts in mind

A positive attitude is always better to face life's challenges.

27. It is better to be good than bad, but one achieves goodness at a terrible cost.

Good people, unfortunately, are scarce.

28. Monsters are real and ghosts are real too. They live inside us and sometimes they win.

We should not be afraid of monsters or ghosts, but of human beings themselves.

29. Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and very often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones

Reading books can be a great way to learn things about our surroundings.

30. When all else fails, quit and go to the library.

Reading has many benefits, and you can learn about them in this article: "5 incredible benefits of reading books for your brain".

31. Nobody likes a clown at midnight

Some people feel phobia to clowns, it is what is known as coulrophobia.

32. There are murderers who do not necessarily kill

A quote that refers to the psychological psychopaths that we can meet throughout our lives.

33. It is sweet to hear the voice of the devil

An ironic quote from one of his works.

34. Hope is a good thing, perhaps the best of all, and good things never die.

Hope is undoubtedly the last thing we human beings should lose.

35. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Effort and persistence are great virtues that lead to success.

36. Writing is like sex as you get older: it gets harder and harder to start, but once you've started you won't want to stop.

Some people take real pleasure in writing.

37. Fiction is the truth within the lie

Lies are often great stories.

38. God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live

A humorous phrase that talks about how difficult life can be sometimes.

39. When people see ghosts, they always see themselves first.

Another of this author's ironic phrases.

40. I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.

Stephen King giving his opinion on his tastes in novels.

41. ...I have grown old (an inevitability that, sometimes, I think happened behind my back)...

King, again using humor to refer to old age.

42. If being a child is about learning how to live, then being an adult is about learning how to die.

The author once again makes clear his sense of humor in the face of such serious subjects as this one.

43. Television is fine, I have nothing against it, but I don't like the way it separates us from the world, trapping us in its glass screen

Television can harm us, especially when we watch too much of it.

44. There is nothing wrong with hoping for the best, as long as you are prepared for the worst.

It is not the events that harm us, but how we relate to them.

45. When you find something you're really talented at, you do that thing until your fingers bleed or your eyes bug out of your head.

When you find what you love, you go into a state of flow.

46. A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. However, the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

A thought-provoking reflection from the author.

47. The road to hell is paved with adverbs

A quote that fits perfectly with Stephen King's way of being.

48. All games are fair game if everyone is fooled at once.

King uses irony to refer to the tricks that can be played in the game.

49. We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

Self-deception is common among people, especially when one does not want to face reality.

50. If you liked being a teenager, there is something really wrong with you.

Adolescence can be a difficult time for many people.

51. No story can be good without closure. There must be closure, because it is the human condition

As hard as it may sound, no one is spared death.

52. Good books do not give up all their secrets at once.

Good books are those that hook us in their mysterythat make us read each page with more and more interest.

53. Books are the perfect entertainment: no advertising, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for every dollar spent. What I wonder is why doesn't everyone carry a book around those inevitable dead spots in life?

Why turn on the TV if we can enjoy hours of a good book.

54. The most dreadful moment is always just before we begin

Until we have moved on to action, doubts may arise again and again.

55. Time takes everything, whether you want it to or not.

There are some things we cannot get rid of, whether we like it or not.

56. Strange houses give me the creeps.

It seems incredible that Stephen King is afraid of strange houses.

57. There are those who lie out of interest, out of pain, because the notion of telling the truth is simply alien to them, or because they are waiting for the right moment to tell the truth.

There are many reasons why people lie. But regardless of the motive, a lie is a lie.

58. Success is determined not only by talent, but also by effort.

It is true that talent is importantIt is true that talent is important, but effort is also important if we want to achieve success.

59. Life can be worse than any nightmare

There are bad moments in life, which can seem unreal.

60. We never stop wanting what we want, whether it is good for us or not.

When something comes our way, it is difficult not to want it, even though it may not benefit us.

61. Sometimes, human places create inhuman monsters.

Proof of this was the Nazi Holocaust.

62. When we grow up, concepts become easier for us and we leave the images to the poets.

That's how we grow up, whether we want to or not.

63. Strange love is better than no love at all.

A love with shadows is better than going through life without feeling strong emotions.

64. Humor is almost always anger with its makeup on.

Curious phrase of Stephen King in which he equates these two apparently contradictory emotional states.

65. Sometimes, the embers are better than the campfire.

The memory is sometimes more vivid than the actual experience itself.

66. We deceive ourselves so much that we could do it for life

Self-deception and its unshakable strength.

67. Ideas are like the flu germ. Sooner or later they stick to someone.

They are contagious.

68. As far as the past is concerned, everyone writes fiction.

We tend to exaggerate or misrepresent our past experiences.

69. I think the combination of a pencil and memory creates a kind of magic, and magic is dangerous.

On the art of writing.

70. A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

It does not deserve to be lived if not to love and be loved.

71. I live in a world in which all perspectives have changed.

The relativism of the times contrasts with his firm convictions.

72. It is not a sheet of paper that makes a man. Nor prison that undoes him

Circumstances, positive or adverse, do not determine who you are.

73. The monster never dies

We can understand by "monster" our fears, insecurities, limitations...

74. I am three women. I am the one I was; I am the one I had no right to be but was; I am the woman you saved. I thank you, gunman

Excerpt from one of her works.

75. I'm not interested in credibility, I'm interested in freedom, and I've found that writing can give me that freedom.

Being a book author gives you this sense of freedom and freedom from limits.