I still think that of all the people doing top fiction today, John D. MacDonald is the best.He was my model as a kid. If there are people out there that want to write, all you need to do is read 20 of his stories to get an idea what it takes to make a story kick over.
Stephen KingI believe the first draft of a book โ even a long one โ should take no more than three monthsโฆAny longer and โ for me, at least โ the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel, like a dispatch from the Romanian Department of Public Affairs, or something broadcast on high-band shortwave duiring a period of severe sunspot activity.
Stephen KingI'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.
Stephen King