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
I have the world's best job. I get paid to hang out in my imagination all day.
I have no plans to get an iPad. I know it will do more things than my Kindle, but I don’t want more things. If I want other stuff - movies, TV shows, weather forecasts, the forthcoming Josh Ritter album - I have my Mac.
The death of the music business was insane, but audio recordings have been around now for maybe 120 years. Books have been around for, what, nine centuries? So they're more entrenched than music.
Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for others before me
If the stuff you're writing is not for yourself, it won't work.
I don't have nightmares; I give them all to you.
A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.
A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.
Bad writing is more than a matter of (expletive deleted) syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.
I'm seen as somebody who writes for adults because I'm an older man myself. Some of them find me, and a lot of them don't.
The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease & intimacy with the process of writing... It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn't, what is trite and what is fresh, what works and what lies there dying (or dead) on the page. The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.
A product can be quickly outdated, but a successful brand is timeless.
Small towns harbor small imaginations.
Money means I can support my family and still do what I love. Not very many people can say that in this world, and not many writers can say that.