Any statement beginning with the words 'In truth' is almost always a lie.

God pisses down the back of your neck every day but only drowns you once.

A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.

The quickest way to learn about a new place is to know what it dreams of.

We don't know the days that will change our lives. Probably just as well.

We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons.

Superstition, like true love, needs time to grow and reflect upon itself.

In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom.

It's a long way back to Eden, Sweetheart, so don't sweat the small stuff.

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that.

I've spread my legs in the backseat in a creative sense quite a few times.

What if I fall?', Tim cried. Maerlyn laughed. 'Sooner or later, we all do.

It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.

The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.

For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid.

Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy.

Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

A good reputation is something that must be earned, yet can never be bought.

Hearts are tough, Most times they don't break. Most times they are only bend

Not writing would be like going the rest of your life without having dreams.

Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts.

If God gives you something you can do, why in God's name wouldn't you do it?

The stories we hear in our childhood are the ones we remember all our lives.

It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

We're all going to die; I'm just trying to make it a little more interesting.

May you find your Tower, Roland, and breach it, and may you climb to the top!

If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. - Japanese Proverb

By its very nature, film is supposed to be an accessible medium to everybody.

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

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

I hold to no God," Roland said. "I hold to the Tower, and won't pray to that.

...maybe the world needs a cadre of smartasses to liven things up, who knows?

I have the world's best job. I get paid to hang out in my imagination all day.

Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children.

Want a Coke?” Abra asked. “Sugar solves lots of problems, that’s what I think.

The definition of an asshole is someone who doesn't believe what he is seeing.

It was really amazing the number of hard hits from which a mind could recover.

The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.

The simple truth of things is that bad dreams are far better than bad wakings.

...you need openness and inability to do anything other than get to the point.

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.

He smiles a lot. But I think there might be worms inside him making him smile.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

We are going to fight. We are going to be hurt. And in the end, we will stand.

If you were seeing a lot of horseshit, there had to be a pony in the vicinity.

The multiple choices of possibilities of daily life are the music we dance to.

Upon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, "Write.

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