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 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.
STEPHEN KINGHumor is almost always anger with its make-up on.
STEPHEN KINGMemories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
STEPHEN KINGGod is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.
STEPHEN KINGBooks are a uniquely portable magic.
STEPHEN KINGTalent is never static. It’s always growing or dying.
STEPHEN KINGSometimes 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.
STEPHEN KINGReading is the creative center of a writer’s life.
STEPHEN KINGWe 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.
STEPHEN KINGThere’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst.
STEPHEN KINGIt’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.
STEPHEN KINGHurt’s a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don’t change facts.
STEPHEN KINGTime takes it all, whether you want it to or not.
STEPHEN KINGNo good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.
STEPHEN KINGAlone. Yes, that’s the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn’t hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.
STEPHEN KINGFEAR stands for face everything and recover.
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