The 90 best famous phrases of Stephen King

If there is a name recognized and praised in the world of writing for the macabre and mysterious stories of him, that is, without a doubt, that of Stephen King. His stories not only leave us with a growing fear to every dark corner that we can see, but with the desire to have more of his creations to read or enjoy on the big screen with his adaptations to movies and television series.

He is the author of 61 novels, practically all of them of great international success, which has led him to sell some 350 million copies worldwide. Do you want to know how the king of terror sees the world?

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Best Famous Stephen King Quotes

Below we have compiled the most interesting phrases of this genius of the psychological thriller and modern science fiction, so you can see the way he appreciates life.

1. Fiction is the truth within the lie.

There is always some truth within the books.

2. Learning is discovering what we already know. Teaching is reminding others that they know it as well as we do. We are all learners, doers, teachers.

Learning and teaching go hand in hand every day.

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

We all deserve and need love.

4. Books are the only portable magic.

Each book is a different wonderful universe. It is like entering a new dimension.

5. You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to get started, you will.

It is never too late to start if you feel like doing it.

6. The things conceived by the mind and made with the hands are never the same, not even when they are determined seem identical, because we are not the same from one day to the next, not even from one moment to other. (A bag of bones)

Phrase from his book "A bag of bones", which talks about the change through which we all inevitably go through.

7. When they ask me, "How do you write?" I always reply, "one word at a time."

The best things are done little by little.

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

Anger can lead us to make bad decisions that we will regret later.

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

Referring to the projection of our past.

10. If there weren't those who triumph against all odds, I think everyone would quit.

Never give up on "impossibilities," especially if you find your way to tear them down.

11. Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live within us and sometimes they win.

All those monsters are nothing more than the representation of fear.

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

Many tend to take advantage of the caring qualities of others.

13. The voice of the devil is sweet to hear.

Giving up is tempting when we are tired.

14. People can break promises and people can break. Especially those who have been under a lot of pressure and are mentally unstable.

Broken promises do not always come from betrayal, but are the result of severe trauma.

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

Although it is always the best option, it is never easy to be good.

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

If you love what you do, then do what you can to keep growing and improving.

17. When you find something you're really talented at, you do that thing (whatever) until your fingers bleed or your eyes pop out of your head.

If you are talented, the best thing you can do is continue to prepare yourself to fully master it.

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

To speak, you need to listen actively.

19. When all else fails, leave and go to the library.

The study may be the answer you are looking for.

20. The humor is almost always anger with your makeup on.

Not all funny people are really happy.

21. Only enemies tell the truth; friends and lovers lie incessantly, caught in the web of duty.

Not all people who love you tell you the truth.

22. Human intelligence eventually prevailed over the murderous instinct, and reason stifled the most insane impulses of men. (Cell)

Phrase from Cell, talking about the repression of the need to kill.

23. Each life makes its own immortality immortality.

We all look for a way to continue to remain in this world even after death.

24. True regret is as rare as true love.

Authentic emotions are almost a mystery.

25. Now I think we were all born with a hole in our hearts and we are looking for the one person who can fill it.

A beautiful way to talk about soul mates.

26. God is cruel. Sometimes it makes you live.

For some, life is the worst punishment.

27. 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.

Referring to the propaganda that abounds on television.

28. People think I'm a pretty strange person, but that's wrong: I have the heart of a little boy, he's in a glass jar on my desk.

A fun metaphor explaining how he does to write horror.

29. If you have given your heart... you have already lost. A heartless creature is a loveless creature, and a loveless creature is a beast.

Be careful who you give your love to.

30. The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle is not real. I know this, and I also know that if I am careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

Referring to the unreal fears of which we still take care of ourselves.

31. He had a massive attack. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on?

A fun metaphor about death.

32. Nobody likes a clown at midnight.

It's called common sense.

33. We do not know the days that our lives will change. Probably just as well.

It is useless to worry about tomorrow, because we do not know what will happen.

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

Do the right thing no matter what others say.

35. Poems are easily lost under sofas, which is undoubtedly one of its charms.

The poems are ethereal and always have the power to enchant everyone.

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

People are not always what they say they are.

37. Only. Yes, that is the key word, the most horrible word in the English language. Murder doesn't hold it up and hell is just a poor synonym.

Nobody wants to be alone in this life, because we are not made to endure loneliness.

38. Don't give me what I ask, give me what I need.

What we need and what we want is never the same.

39. You cannot deny laughter; when it arrives, it drops into your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

Do not resist laughing, because it is the best way to feel better.

40. Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.

Speaking of the allure of mystery in each book.

41. No matter how many times you shake it, the last drop always ends up in your pants.

No matter what you do, there are things that cannot be changed.

42. No summer lasts forever.

Reference to the illusions that we make ourselves.

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

There is always a bit of the author in each of his stories.

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

There is no mystical recipe to be successful in writing more than this.

45. Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man crazy.

When we cling to the impossible, we can lose our way of life.

46. French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

French has its own charm.

47. Life can be worse than any nightmare.

Not everyone has the ability to enjoy life.

48. We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

There is no greater reality than this.

49. Sometimes there is no difference between salvation and perdition.

Well the saying goes: "the remedy is worse than the disease"

50. Writing is like sex when you get older: getting started is getting harder and harder, but once you've started you won't want to finish.

Once you start writing, the words emerge on their own.

51. If you don't control your genius, your genius will control you.

Speaking of the importance of controlling character.

52. True love always happens in an instant.

That moment when the charm of a person seems to strike you, that is love.

53. I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and French fries.

Stephen King knows the impact and value of him in the literary world.

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

Hope allows us to move on when there seems to be no reason to do so.

55. I'm a slow reader, but I generally write seventy to eighty books a year, mostly fiction. I don't read to study the trade; I read because I like to read.

Reading is also a leisure that is enjoyed with great pleasure.

56. Each book you choose has its own lesson or lessons, and bad books often have more to teach than good books.

Any book always has something to teach us.

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

For what reason do you lie?

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

Reading is the fundamental foundation for any writer.

59. It may be that she learns something about what death really is, which is where the pain stops and the good memories begin. It is not the end of life but the end of pain.

For some, death is highly desired, as it is the way to end their suffering.

60. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful individual is hard work.

Because someone is talented does not imply that they are successful. What counts is how you harness and enhance his talent.

61. Talent is a wonderful thing, don't put it aside.

The best way to appreciate talent is to do what you can to nurture and train it.

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

Every ending is a new beginning.

63. The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Getting started is the hardest step we take.

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

We all need some kind of ending.

65. Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they do, but we don't.

Broken hearts leave a great wound, but also the promise that they can be healed.

66. You must remember that while you judge the book, the book also judges you.

Judging is a double-sided game. You give and you receive.

67. We invent horrors to help us confront the real ones.

Sometimes the way to face our fears is to create something worse.

68. Discipline and constant work are the stones on which the knife is sharpened. talent until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the most hard.

The writer, again, reminds us of the importance of working with talent to be able to use it on the road to success.

69. The most important things are the hardest to say.

Things that carry meaning or significant emotional exposure intimidate us.

70. Strange houses give me the creeps.

The author refers here to something that he fears. But that is at the same time his great source of inspiration.

71. How difficult it was to remember it all through the haze of anger, the dry and out-of-tune hit of that single chord! (The glow)

Our perception is quite distorted when we are angry.

72. No one lives happily ever after, but we let the kids find out for themselves.

Life is full of disappointments that we must go through and prepare the little ones for it.

73. I guess when you get off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some fun houses.

When you go out of your way, don't despair, try instead to find new inspirations.

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

All good things involve a risk to go through.

75. There are murderers who do not necessarily kill.

People find creative ways to hurt others.

76. Sometimes human places create inhuman monsters. (The glow)

Sometimes we humans are the worst monsters of all.

77. Perfection has no limits.

Each thing can be perfected in different ways.

78 Be careful, always keep happy thoughts in mind.

Positivity helps us to face difficult challenges and, above all, not to fall into darkness.

79. A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures.

Find someone to be your partner and help you move forward. Thus the relationship will be eternal and perfect.

80. Where you stood never mattered. Only you were there... and still standing.

What matters is the way we cope and the times we get up from the falls.

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

A great phrase that we must keep in mind when going for what we want.

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

How not to do it if it is your greatest source of inspiration?

83. If you intend to write as sincerely as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.

Honesty sometimes does not go hand in hand with the precepts of society.

84. I don't point my hand; the one who points with the hand has forgotten the face of his father. I point with the eye. I don't shoot with my hand; the one who shoots with the hand has forgotten the face of his father. I shoot with the mind. I don't kill with the gun; the one who kills with the pistol has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart... (The dark tower)

One of the most iconic phrases of the character of the gunman.

85.... I have aged (a fatality that, sometimes, I think happened behind my back)

When he enjoys what he does, the passage of time is not noticed.

86. Love among the ruins… I'll tell you something, my friend: strange love is better than no love at all.

It is better to love in any way possible than not to have loved at all.

87. Fragmentation is very useful for stylizing narration, generating sharp images and creating tension, as well as infusing prose with variety.

Explaining the best way to make a book interesting.

88. It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.

Things shine brighter in the dark.

89. If being a child is trying to learn to live, then being an adult is trying to learn to die.

The duality of life in its different stages.

90. Like everything that happens by itself, the act of writing is beyond the coin. Money is a great thing to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, it's best not to think too much about money. Constipate the whole process.

Writers not only produce their works for a living, but because they enjoy creating new worlds through paper and ink.