A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a... - Stephen King

"Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule."

"A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we're children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they're scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it's pretty much in the eye of the beholder."

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."

"Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding."

"you must not come lightly to the blank page."