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
The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart wants.
The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.
She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is.
Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.
Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up
It's a poorboy sanditch,' Roland said. 'With lots of mayo, whatever that is. I'd want a sauce that didn't look quite so much like come, myself, but may it do ya fine.
I didn't want to even stand next to any high rise building as long as I lived... I didn't even want to go over a bridge.
Sometimes loving eyes don't see what they don't want to see.
Cut him. Cut him while I stand here and watch. I want to see the blood flow. Don't make me tell you twice.
There’s always a choice. That’s God’s way, always will be. Your will is still free. Do as you will. There’s no set of leg-irons on you. But... this is what God wants of you.
I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.
The past is obdurate. It doesn't want to change.
When a man has died, he wants you to know about it.
As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers.