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    Default Stephen King Quotes

    Here are some great ones:

    "Fiction is the truth inside the lie."


    "Get busy living, or get busy dying."


    "God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live." - so true

    Do you have any favourite ones?

    Roland would have understood.

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    "The road to hell is paved with adverbs."

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    "Hi, I'm Stephen King and I wrote the damn thing!"
    In Digitized Remorse


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    "There were more doors than one person could ever open in a lifetime, I thought.."

    That's one of my favorite quotes, period.

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    A friend of mine sent me this message:

    Read a great Stephen King quote in the Warren Zevon biography this morning. Did you know Zevon played with King's band?

    Anyway, King phoned Zevon about an upcoming gig but got cut off by the answer phone, called back and left another message saying 'I wrote 'The Stand' and 'It'- you KNOW I'll have my goddamn say'

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    "I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged."

    Roland would have understood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letti View Post
    "I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged."
    - at least his sense of humour was intact!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ManOfWesternesse View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Letti View Post
    "I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged."
    - at least his sense of humour was intact!
    *laughs*

    Roland would have understood.

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    “I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs”

    Roland would have understood.

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    What's the one about having the "heart of a small boy" and keeping it in a jar on his desk? I love that one.

    I wonder what the exact quote for that is and where he said it. I've seen so many versions, I don't know which one is correct.
    I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.

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    That was originally said by Robert Bloch, author of Psycho, among other classics.

    John

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    Ahhhh. See...you can't trust everything you read on the internet.
    I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.

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    French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

    Get busy living, or get busy dying.

    God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.

    I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries.

    No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

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

    The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

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

    We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Rabbit Trick View Post
    The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.
    I've always loved this quote. I used it as my senior quote underneath my picture in the yearbook.
    I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.

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    let's encyclopedia brown this bitch

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    Can anyone tell me where I can find the "Fiction is the truth inside the lie" quote? I just can't remember in which book he wrote it....

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    This?
    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen King, accepting the National Book Foundation Medal
    The story and the people in it may be make believe but I need to ask myself over and over if I’ve told the truth about the way real people would behave in a similar situation…. We understand that fiction is a lie to begin with. To ignore the truth inside the lie is to sin against the craft, in general, and one’s own work in particular.
    or on the dedication page of It?
    The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.

    If you rescue me
    I’ll be your friend forever


    I wish that I could write fiction, but that seems almost an impossibility. -howard phillips lovecraft (1915)



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    I like the one where he says (paraphrased):

    "Hey, with my writing I'm going to try to terrify you. If that doesn't work, I'll try to horrify you. If I find I can't horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud."

    That right there is classic SK.

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    Is that from Danse Macabre...or one of the introductions?
    The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.

    If you rescue me
    I’ll be your friend forever


    I wish that I could write fiction, but that seems almost an impossibility. -howard phillips lovecraft (1915)



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    I first read it as a blurb on the back of one of those biog-type books. Feast of Fear or Bare Bones or something, but I'm pretty sure it was quoting from Danse Macabre.
    Last edited by divemaster; 03-18-2016 at 07:20 AM. Reason: typo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brice View Post
    This?
    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen King, accepting the National Book Foundation Medal
    The story and the people in it may be make believe but I need to ask myself over and over if I’ve told the truth about the way real people would behave in a similar situation…. We understand that fiction is a lie to begin with. To ignore the truth inside the lie is to sin against the craft, in general, and one’s own work in particular.
    or on the dedication page of It?
    Hey thanks Brice, it might be from a different context than a book, I didn't even think about that I guess this must be it (I'll check the dedication page of 'IT' later). Much obliged!

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    I think he's actually made similar statements in different places several times.
    The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.

    If you rescue me
    I’ll be your friend forever


    I wish that I could write fiction, but that seems almost an impossibility. -howard phillips lovecraft (1915)



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    Quote Originally Posted by divemaster View Post
    I like the one where he says (paraphrased):

    "Hey, with my writing I'm going to try to terrify you. If that doesn't work, I'll try to horrify you. If I find I can't horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud."

    That right there is classic SK.
    Wow, good one.

    Roland would have understood.

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