You know," King said, "I'm not much good at telling stories. That sounds like a paradox, but it's not; it's the reason I write them down.

I write to find out what I think.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

The low bird is not picked tenderly out of the dust by its fellows; rather, it is dispatched quickly and without mercy.

How to Draw a Picture (XII) Know when you're finished, and when you are, put your pencil or your paintbrush down. All the rest is only life.

The shining. It was a good name, a comforting name, because she had always thought of it as a dark thing.