Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin Kingis an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections. Many of his stories are set in...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 September 1947
CityPortland, ME
In the end we always wear out our worries. That’s what Wireman says.
There seems to be no air in the air she breaths.
This inhuman place makes human monsters.
Any parting could be forever, and we don't know.
You cant be too careful on a skateboard.
It was as hysterical as a woman having a hot flash.
That's not such a bad thing,' he said to me. 'In nightmares we can think the worst. That's what they're for, I guess.
Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle wildly and blush when she saw him, nor did she chalk his name on trees or write it on the walls of the Kissing Bridge. She simply lived with his face in her heart all the time, a kind of sweet, hurtful ache. She would have died for him..
As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?
The turtle couldn't help us.
What you don’t know, you can’t tell. Or made to tell.
There’s always someone who knows something.
A change is as good as a rest.
You might question a winkle - a feeling that came to you right out of the blue - but you didn’t question knowing.