At the time weโre stuck in it, like hostages locked in a Turkish bath, high school seems the most serious business in the world to just about all of us. Itโs not until the second or third class reunion that we start realizing how absurd the whole thing was.
Stephen KingThe advantage of horror books is to take the reader and cut him out of the pack and work on him one on one. It has its advantages because the people that are there in the movie theater really are a mob. If you get one guy alone you can do a more efficient job of scaring him.
Stephen KingThe worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you something is broken that you can fix.
Stephen KingNow panic beats and flutters inside my skull like a flock of starlings locked in an attic.
Stephen KingAt its most basic we are discussing a learned skill (writing), but do we not agree that sometimes the most basic skills can create things far beyond our expectations? We are talking about tools and carpentry, about words and style... but as we move along, you'd do well to remember that we are also talking about magic.
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