Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.

It don't matter if you believe in God Nick, he believes in you.

In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.

A great whispering noise began to rise in the woods on either side of the tracks, as if the forest had just noticed we were there and was commenting on it.

And I guess you judge how well you're doing by how well you sleep at night... and what your dreams are like.

He needs to be corrected, if you don't mind me saying so. He needs a good talking-to, and perhaps a bit more. My own girls, sir, didn't care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of my matches and tried to burn it down. I corrected them. I corrected them most harshly. And when my wife tried to stop me from doing my duty, I corrected her.