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 more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor."
More quotes by Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
"The scariest moment is always just before you start."
"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."
"When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest."
"Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy."
"I believe the first draft of a book — even a long one — should take no more than three months…Any longer and — for me, at least — the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel, like a dispatch from the Romanian Department of Public Affairs, or something broadcast on high-band shortwave duiring a period of severe sunspot activity."