“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King
“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
― Stephen King
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”
― Stephen King
“Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.”
― Stephen King
“To write is human, to edit is divine.”
― Stephen King
“Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a lot. It’s not just a question of how-to, you see; it’s also a question of how much to. Reading will help you answer how much, and only reams of writing will help you with the how. You can learn only by doing.”
― Stephen King
“If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.”
― Stephen King
“When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.”
― Stephen King