It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.

And she sees that the moonlight is losing its orange glow. It has become buttery, and will soon turn to silver.

I wasn't a social drinker. I used to say that I didn't want to go to bars because they were full of assholes like me.

The world was the Overlook Hotel, where the party never ended. Where the dead were alive forever.

The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your toolbox with the right instruments. The second is that while it is impossible to make a competent writer out of a bad writer, and while is equally impossible to make a great writer out of a good one, it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one

When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.

Our memories have voices, too. Often sad ones that clamor like raised arms in the dark.