Time is the thief of memory.
STEPHEN KINGTime is the thief of memory.
STEPHEN KINGA short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.
STEPHEN KINGMemories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
STEPHEN KINGThere is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.
STEPHEN KINGIf the stuff you’re writing is not for yourself, it won’t work.
STEPHEN KINGTo write is human, to edit is divine.
STEPHEN KINGA coward judges all he sees by what he is.
STEPHEN KINGAnything with the power to make you laugh over thirty years later isn’t a waste of time. I think something like that is very close to immortality.
STEPHEN KINGWe never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it’s too late.
STEPHEN KINGWhen it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.
STEPHEN KINGIn polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.
STEPHEN KINGLove isn’t soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.
STEPHEN KINGAbsence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.
STEPHEN KINGYou can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.
STEPHEN KINGHumor is almost always anger with its make-up on.
STEPHEN KINGIf you liked being a teenager, there’s something really wrong with you.
STEPHEN KING