โIf you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lotโฆreading is the creative center of a writerโs lifeโฆyou cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.
Stephen KingI've been typed as a horror writer, and I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long as the checks don't bounce and the family gets fed."
Stephen KingYou don't always talk with your mouth. Sometimes what you say with your mouth hardly matters at all. You have to signify
Stephen KingI think the best writers are voracious readers who pick up the cadences and the feel of narration through a number of different books. And you begin by maybe copying the style of writers that really knocked you out.
Stephen King