Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.
Stephen KingWe sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things we fear in our real lives.
Stephen KingGo now. Our journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path.
Stephen KingThere is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good stories seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky.
Stephen KingThere are a lot of people in the field [ of horror stories] that I do read. There is a lot of stuff that is written in this field, though, that is not very good. You just have to look for the good stuff.
Stephen KingI do believe that when we're in the process of dying, that all these emergency circuits in the brain take over. I base what I'm saying not on any empirical evidence. I think it's very possible that when you're dying, these circuits open up, which would explain this whole white-light phenomena - when people clinically die and they see their relatives and stuff and say, "Hello, it's great to see you."
Stephen King