The trust of the innocent is the liars most useful tool. – Stephen King
And in real life endings arent always neat, whether theyre happy endings, or whether theyre sad endings. – Stephen King
Weve switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics – trying to play a serious part in the world – to a culture thats really entertainment-based. – Stephen King
Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more youre forced back on your own imagination. – Stephen King
Well, Im like a drug addict, Im always saying Im going to stop, and then I dont, what Ive said consistently is that I hope I know when to stop: when it starts to get repetitive. – Stephen King
Ive always believed in God. I also think thats the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when youre in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement. – Stephen King
Its a mystery. Thats the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, its mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously. – Stephen King
And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak Gods language – its better, its finer, its language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives. – Stephen King
Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that weve always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us. – Stephen King
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, Why god? Why me? and the thundering voice of God answered, Theres just something about you that pisses me off. – Stephen King
What charitable 1 percenters cant do is assume responsibility – Americas national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts. – Stephen King
I never saw any of my dads stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts. – Stephen King
But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, its all there, at least the basic elements of it. You cant change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. – Stephen King
We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, its all there, at least the basic elements of it. You cant change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. – Stephen King
A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when were children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether theyre scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, its pretty much in the eye of the beholder. – Stephen King
Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. – Stephen King
Fiction is the truth inside the lie. – Stephen King
Only enemies speak the truth friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. – Stephen King
French is the language that turns dirt into romance. – Stephen King
You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you. – Stephen King
