Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.

Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.

The bad ideas kind of just drop out of the mix. You forget about them. The good ones stick around.

There's one novel, Cujo, that I barely remember writing at all.

If anyone ever asks you what panic is, now you can tell them: an emotional blank spot that leaves you feeling as if you've been sucking on a mouthful of pennies.

Every liberal in the country must watch Fox News for one year, and every conservative in the country must watch MSNBC for one year. (Middle-of-the-roaders could stick with CSI)

Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark