Let's get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no I... - Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

"Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects."

"The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor."

"The road to hell is paved with adverbs."

"If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway."

"Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s."