When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see that motherfucker from space without a telescope.
Stephen KingWas it pretty? Your country. . .your land?" "It was beautiful," the gunslinger said. "There were fields and forests and rivers and mists in the morning. But that's only pretty. My mother used to say that the only real beauty is order and love and light.
Stephen KingCoincidences happen, but I've come to believe they are actually quite rare. Something is at work, okay? Somewhere in the universe (or behind it), a great machine is ticking and turning its fabulous gears.
Stephen KingKindle, isnโt it?โ the waitress asked. โI got one for Christmas, and I love it. Iโm reading my way through all of Jodi Picoultโs books.โ โOh, probably not all of them,โ Wesley said. โHuh? Why not?โ โSheโs probably got another one done already. Thatโs all I meant.โ โAnd James Pattersonโs probably written one since he got up this morning!โ she said, and went off chortling.
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