I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.


On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2000) - ISBN: 9780684853529

Stephen King Quotes

I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every...

I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every...

I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every...

I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every...