You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them down.

Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally.

Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

He was a romantic in his own harsh way…yet he was also realist enough to know that some times love actually did conquer all.

You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the gods, but it was not given to women and men, and that was probably a good thing. Had it been otherwise, people would probably die of old age still trying to rewrite their teens.

I don't want to go to the heaven that I learned about when I was a kid. To me, it seems boring.