Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.
Stephen KingAll I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.
Stephen KingYou learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.
Stephen KingTime was a face on the water, and like the great river before them, it did nothing but flow.
Stephen KingThe first real terror struck him then, and there was nothing supernatural about it. It was only a realization of how easy it was to trash your life. That was what was so scary. You just dragged the fan up to everything you had spent the years raking together and turned the motherfucker on.
Stephen King