Stephen King Quotes

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

We are going through a terrible crisis. We do not know exactly what is going to happen, but in our hearts the pendulum of the seismograph is already swinging.

The fear of death in the one place was not as strong as another kind of fear, the fear of a world gone crazy, a place where anything could happen, where nothing could be trusted, where nothing was certain. A terrible place.

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

Man's greatest fear is chaos.

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.

We are not surprised to learn that panic and confusion are hourly gaining ground in Britain.

Many today feel troubled and distressed; many feel that, at any moment, the ships of their lives could capsize or sink.

It's inevitable that you feel scared when you don't have control of a situation.

Whenever there's chaos, there's ambiguity, and where there's ambiguity, there's fear. And fear gets manipulated.

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically the situation is analogous to that of people trampled to death when there is a panic in a theatre caused by a cry of 'Fire!'.

Fear is contagious. You can catch it.

If you're tearing around in a panic about something, then it puts everyone else in a panic as well.

Panic is our great enemy.

At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.

The crimes that become iconic etch themselves into the collective consciousness because they suggest a frightening truth: that the universe does not rely on cause and effect.

I have to tell you, every day is a roller coaster.

With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.

I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability - the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Events are moving so fast and what in one moment seems impossible, the next is happening. I'm sure historians will, in time, provide theories and analysis, but for now I think most of us simply want the tide stemmed.