You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe th... - Stephen King

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

"Fiction is the truth inside the lie."

"When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off."

"Good books don't give up all their secrets at once."

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