I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather; the magic was in him.
Stephen KingThe harder you had to work to open a package, the less you ended up caring about what was inside.
Stephen KingFor a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging him on.
Stephen KingI do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.
Stephen King