Quotes from Stephen King

I like to think that good people win. But even good people have other sides. Most people will slow down to get a good look at an accident, even though they won't admit it.

We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do.

Acknowledge your good fortune by sharing it.

The good thing about being old, is you don't have to worry about dying young.

There's a saying - "Write what you know." It's bad advice if you take it as an unbreakable rule, but good advice if you use it as a foundation.

That's the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments.

It's "Merry Christmas" at our house. Whatever it is at yours, have a happy one. And be good to somebody.

Good days and long nights to ya, sai.

Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good.

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those who help themselves.

I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world but opted for the Home Shopping Network Instead).

As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty.

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

"You need hedges.""Hedges," I said, bemused. "Yes, Edgar." He looked surprised and a little disappointed, as if I had failed to understand a very simple concept. "Hedges against the night."

Like the man said, a little hope never hurt anybody

Well, I'm like a drug addict, I'm always saying I'm going to stop, and then I don't, what I've said consistently is that I hope I know when to stop: when it starts to get repetitive.

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.

You lost your innocence when you grew up, all right, everyone knew that, but did you have to lose your hope, as well?

There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean - hell, I know that.

Good luck is just bad luck with its hair combed.

She gave him a strange maternal grin.For the first time, clearly, the thought surfaced in Paul Sheldon's mind: I am introuble here. This woman is not right.