Quotes by Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
To write is human, to edit is divine. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
A boy who once wiped his ass with poison ivy probably doesn't belong in a smart people's club. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Words have weight. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
The road to hell is paved with adverbs. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
The scariest moment is always just before you start. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchan — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should b — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you. — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
So okay― there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base of the tel — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Good description is a learned skill, one of the prime reasons why you cannot succeed unless you read a lot and write a l — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I re — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Let's get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsell — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refu — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step ba — Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft