Sooner or later everything you thought you'd left behind comes around again. For good or ill, it comes around again.
Stephen KingMy wife has told me since that I was hungover every mornng until about two in the afternoon, and from five until midnight I was drunk out of my mind. So she says there was this period of about three hours when she could talk to me like a rational human being.
Stephen KingWhen your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.
Stephen KingAnd didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?
Stephen King