Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.
STEPHEN KINGTime is the thief of memory.
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Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.
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Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.
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There is no gain without risk, perhaps no risk without love.
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Don’t give me what I ask for, give me what I need.
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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
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God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.
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Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn’t carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.
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It’s funny how close the past is, sometimes. Sometimes it seems as if you could almost reach out and touch it. Only who really wants to?
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Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life.
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People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done.
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Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.
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A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.
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Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
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You have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.
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I think that we’re all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better – and maybe not all that much better after all.
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