They were trying to run, trying to hide. But the rock would not hide them; the dead tree gave no shelter.

Good books are for consideration after, too.

Rationalism is the idea that we can ever understand anything about the state of being. It's a deathtrip. It always has been. . . . And if rationalism is a deathtrip, then irrationalism might very well be a lifetrip . . . at least until it proves otherwise.

Life was such a wheel that no man could stand upon it for long. And it always, at the end, came round to the same place again.

Upon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, "Write.

I love my sons and I love that they are writers - I also love my daughter, who's a minister and an orchard keeper! - but I wouldn't wish the burden of Mid-World and the Dark Tower on them. I enjoy working with them, though, because we fit together.

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'