“The magical thing about Stephen King is he just keeps writing.”— Caroline Kepnes, ew.comTagged: Good writing, Stephen King, Books, Writing, Writers
“I’ve always had trouble with the notion of ‘respectable’ work. I understand the human need to categorize, but I love the reality that he’s in his own stratosphere.”— Caroline Kepnes, ew.comTagged: Good writing, Stephen King, Books, Writing
“What he created shaped us.”— Nikolaj Arcel, ew.comTagged: Good writing, Stephen King, Books, On Writing, Writing
“I think that book has helped so many of us stick to our guns and keep at it. That’s a book that was so empowering. He was so eloquent and incisive in that book. Here he is, larger-than-life Stephen King, and yet there he is across from you, telling you to chill out and work.”— Caroline Kepnes, ew.comTagged: Good writing, Stephen King, Books, On Writing, Writing
“The characters felt real, the world felt like our own, and there was no safety net — you weren’t safe in the daylight, your family could turn on you, and children weren’t safe from the monster. In fact, sometimes they were its favorite food.”— Mike Flanagan, ew.comTagged: Horror, Good writing, Stephen King, Books, Why things scare us
“My jaw hit the floor at the realization that stories like The Shining or The Dead Zone or those from Night Shift could actually exist. Characters from and of our world faced with horrors and challenges from somewhere else.”— J.J. Abrams, ew.comTagged: Horror, Good writing, Stephen King, Books