Stephen King Quotes

I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.

I love music, and I love acting, so if I can just live and be able to do those two things, I can be happy, you know?

I'm also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, I'm doing it.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am.

My life is a life of hobbies and enthusiasm.

I think one of the things that is essential for happiness in life, or at least for non-sadness, is producing something. I guess that's why I spend so much time and agony writing books. But working on carpentry is sort of like all the pleasure with none of the agony.

I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS.

Doing something purely for one's own enjoyment is fine, but, I must admit, finding that others enjoy it as well has a certain power over the corners of my mouth.

If I'm not creating, I'm not as happy.

Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is

For our family, the entire structure of our life, our home, our business relationships - the entire purpose is for everyone to be able to create in a way that makes them happy. Fame is almost an inconsequential by-product of what we're really trying to accomplish. We are trying to put great things into the world, we're trying to have fun, and we're trying to become the greatest versions of ourselves in the process of doing things we love.

I think play and joy and feeling good deserve more of our time. I don't see why adults are supposed to grow out of those things. If I have a mission it's to make everyone who comes to my concerts leave feeling a heightened sense of freedom to play, sing, and enjoy themselves.

There are lots of things worth doing that are no way to make a living. They are agreeable ways to make a more agreeable life.

I need to write to be happy.

I am always writing. It is not always good, but if I am writing, I am usually happy.

I only want my work to make people happy.

I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.

I want to read books and go for walks and make dinner. I guess there are people who love working and that's great. I'm not one of them. I love tackling roles and I love theater, but filming, I don't get it. It seems mind-numbing to me.

There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.

One can make no better investment than the cultivation of a taste for the beautiful, for it will bring rainbow hues and enduring joys to the whole life. It will not only greatly increase one's capacity for happiness, but also one's efficiency.