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 KINGWanting more is just a recipe for heartache.
More Stephen King Quotes
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It’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.
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To write is human, to edit is divine.
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Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.
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We don’t know the days that will change our lives. Probably just as well.
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The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.
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What we like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common.
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Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won’t carry a quitter.
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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.
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Alone. 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.
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The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.
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French is the language that turns dirt into romance.
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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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Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
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Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.
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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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