Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong wo... - Stephen King

"It is the tale, not he who tells it."

"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."

"As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will improve with practice, but practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be?"

"I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all."

"When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off."