Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.
STEPHEN KINGDiscipline 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.
More Stephen King Quotes
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Books are a uniquely portable magic.
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Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.
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All you need to do is hold on tight and believe.
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In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for president, they run for their lives.
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Talent is never static. It’s always growing or dying.
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Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.
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We don’t know the days that will change our lives. Probably just as well.
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Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman’s got to hold on to.
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Anything with the power to make you laugh over thirty years later isn’t a waste of time. I think something like that is very close to immortality.
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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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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.
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There’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst.
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We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it’s too late.
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If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time to write. Simple as that.
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It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.
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