When I gave up dope and alcohol, my immediate feeling was 'I've saved my life, but there'll be a price because I'll have nothing that buzzes me any more'. But I enjoyed my kids. My wife loved me and I loved her. And eventually the writing came back and I discovered that the writing was enough. Stupid thing is that probably it always had been.
Stephen KingFantasy has a better chance of lasting than a lot of other things. The Hobbit and the Narnia books, they seem to get handed down father to son, mother to daughter. Because they're set in a fantasy world, they can remain relevant.
Stephen KingThere are things of such darkness and horrorโjust, I suppose, as there are things of such great beautyโthat they will not fit through the puny human doors of perception.
Stephen KingArt is the concrete artifact of faith and expectation, the realization of a world that would otherwise be little more than a veil of pointless consciousness stretched over a gulf of mystery.
Stephen KingThere should be no telephone in your writing room, certainly no TV or videogames for you to fool around with. If thereโs a window, draw the curtains or pull down the shades unless it looks out at a blank wall.
Stephen King