French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

—Stephen King

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About Stephen King

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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror fiction and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. In a career spanning six decades, he has written approximately 200 short...

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You must not come lightly to the blank page.

—Stephen King

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

—Stephen King

Some days are treasure. Not many, but I think in almost every life there are a few. That was one of mine, and when I'm blue—when life comes down on me and everything looks tawdry and cheap—I go back to it, if only to remind myself that life isn't always a butcher's game. Sometimes the prizes are real. Sometimes they are precious.

—Stephen King in Joyland

People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. Yet that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend, and leaves the most visible scar. What's so sweet about that?

—Stephen King in Joyland

Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones.

—Stephen King in Joyland

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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

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I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.

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After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes: "No hablo inglés.

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They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.

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My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

—William Shakespeare

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