If the stuff you’re writing is not for yourself, it won’t work.
STEPHEN KINGHurt’s a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don’t change facts.
More Stephen King Quotes
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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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God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.
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Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
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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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Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.
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A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.
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Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
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Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won’t carry a quitter.
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The devil’s voice is sweet to hear.
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A life without love is like a tree without fruit.
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You have to stay faithful to what you’re working on.
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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
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Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
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Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.
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If we don’t have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness.
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A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.
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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.
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Sometimes when you’re young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you’re living on someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been. Then we grow up and our hearts break into two.
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To write is human, to edit is divine.
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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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Sometimes human places, create inhuman monsters.
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When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.
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Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life.
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Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.
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French is the language that turns dirt into romance.
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All you need to do is hold on tight and believe.
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