People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy -- and I keep it in a jar on my desk.

Quote by Stephen King

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Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

Being sorry for myself is a luxury I can't afford.

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart...

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart...

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and...

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and...

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one...

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one...

You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such...

You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such...

He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that...

He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that...

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of...

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of...

Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues

Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

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

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

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a...

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one...

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one...

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew...

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew...

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay...

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

When they say that the sky is the limit for success, then how a man's...

When they say that the sky is the limit for success, then how a man's...