Some of this bookโperhaps too muchโhas been about how I learned to do it. Much of it has been about how you can do it better. The rest of itโand perhaps the best of itโis a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.
Stephen KingMonsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
Stephen KingOnce I start work on a project, I donโt stop and I donโt slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I donโt write every day, the characters begin to stale off in my mind โ they begin to seem like characters instead of real people. The taleโs narrative cutting edge starts to rust and I begin to lose my hold on the storyโs plot and pace. Worst of all, the excitement of spinning something new begins to fade. The work starts to feel like work, and for most writers that is the smooch of death.
Stephen KingLife turns on a dime. Sometimes towards us, but more often it spins away, flirting and flashing as it goes: so long, honey, it was good while it lasted, wasnโt it?
Stephen King