As with all other aspects of the narrative art, you will imp... - Stephen King

"Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good."

"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."

"I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read."This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons."

"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."

"Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses."