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
Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.
Did you know that Dairy Queen ice cream is mostly bubbles?
No writer, painter, or actor - no artist - is ever handed a sharp knife (although a few people are handed almighty big ones; the name we give to the artist with the big knife is 'genius'), and we hone with varying degrees of zeal and aptitude.
...you need openness and inability to do anything other than get to the point.
no knowledge obtained without risk
You say true, I say thankya.
This was the Darker Life, where every truth was written backward.
Relief loosens tongues beyond measure.
I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.
If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.
In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives. . . .
I thought it was great fun to scare people. I also knew it was socially acceptable because there were a lot of horror movies out there.