Little by little, writers develop their own styles, each as unique as a fingerprint.

Sometimes a cigar is just a smoke and a story's just a story

It's best to be ruthless with the past.

When you write you tell yourself a story. When you rewrite you take out everything that is NOT the story.

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." But I never saw myself that way. I just saw myself as a novelist.

Roland grabbed Jake and hauled him to his feet. “You came!” Jake shouted. “You really came!” “I came, yes. By the grace of the gods and the courage of my friends, I came.

And in the gunslinger's mind, those words echoed: You dare not.