Stephen King Quotes

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

That’s something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

I think that we’re all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better after all.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

I’ve always believed in God. I also think that’s the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you’re in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.

I never saw any of my dad’s stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.

I don’t want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.

I’m not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become.

A product can be quickly outdated, but a successful brand is timeless.

You see something, then it clicks with something else, and it will make a story. But you never know when it’s going to happen.

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

A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.

This is not a bad life.