Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should f... - Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings."

"The road to hell is paved with adverbs."

"In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling."

"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."

"Books are a uniquely portable magic."