The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yo... - Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

"The scariest moment is always just before you start."

"The road to hell is paved with adverbs."

"Almost everyone can remember losing his or her virginity, and most writers can remember the first book he/she put down thinking: I can do better than this. Hell, I am doing better than this! What could be more encouraging to the struggling writer than to realize his/her work is unquestionably better than that of someone who actually got paid for his/her stuff?"

"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."

"Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."