It is the tale, not he who tells it. - Stephen King

"The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows."

"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."

"Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up."

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

"It's how we see the world that keeps the darkness beyond at bay. Keeps it from pouring through and devouring us. I think all of us might know that, way down deep."