““If you want to be a writer, you must
do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way
around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.” Stephen King (Virgo),
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“You want to remember that while
you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.” Stephen King, Night
Shift
“There came a time when you realized that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.” Stephen King (Virgo), Doctor Sleep
“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear,
and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle
magic there was in them!”
“People are very fond of giving away what they need most
themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.”
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that
show the world its own shame.”
“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
“It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us
absolution.”
― Oscar Wilde (Libra), The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The best
advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and
more polite to be equal. So, I did.” Samuel L. Jackson (Sagittarius) –
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter in Capricorn
