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
we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.
Don’t go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to, Doctor. The barrier was not made to be broken. Remember this: there is more power here than you know. It is old and always restless. Remember.
...maybe the world needs a cadre of smartasses to liven things up, who knows?
sure, we need the gypsies. we always have. because if you don't have someone to run out of town once in a while, how are you going to know you yourself belong there?
Superstition, like true love, needs time to grow and reflect upon itself.
If life teaches anything at all it teaches that there are so many happy endings that the man who believes that there is no God needs his rationality called into serious question.
One of life's great truths is this: when one is about to be struck by a speeding six-hundred pound Coke machine, one need worry about little else.
Do you need someone to make you a paper badge with the word WRITER on it before you can believe you are one? God I hope not.
This is probably the single great subject of horror fiction: our need to cope with a mystery that can be understood only with the aid of a helpful imagination.
We sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things we fear in our real lives.
don't give me what I ask for, give me what I need...
Just remember that Dumbo didn't need the feather; the magic was in him.
never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.
A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.