Stephen King Quotes

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“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.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you’re maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening clothes.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“almost every writer of fiction and poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“the writer is much more fortunate than the filmmaker, who is almost always doomed to show too much...”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking: I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this! What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer...”

― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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