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Everyone loves a good scare, right? No? Well, then there’s something wrong with you 🙂

Some of Horror writer, Stephen King’s, best ever quotes.

“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, There’s just something about you that pisses me off.” — (Storm of the Century: An Original Screenplay)

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

“Get busy living or get busy dying.” (Shawshank Redemption)

“Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.”

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”

“I have the heart of a small boy…and I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman’s got to hold on to.” (Dolores Claiborne)

“A short story is a different thing all together – a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger. (from the introduction)” (Skeleton Crew)

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that [Harry Potter author] Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and [Twilight author] Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”

“Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you’ll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.”

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn’t real. I know that, and I also know that if I’m careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.” (Night Shift)

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” (On Writing)

“I think that we’re all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better after all.”

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” (On Writing)

“I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I’ll go for the gross-out. I’m not proud. “

“I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.”

“Running a close second [as a writing lesson] was the realization that stopping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.”

“…you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” (On Writing)

“You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”

“Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It’s accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics.”

“Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” (On Writing)

“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” (On Writing)

“A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.”

“”Nobody likes a clown at midnight””

“Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.” (The Shining)

Do you have any others that you like? Then add them to the comments!

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