"Stephen King's Rules for Writers: 1. Read a lot. 2. Write a lot."

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egotistical little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life."

"You can't deny the past; you can't deny what you've done. Only by admitting who you are and what you've done can you ever hope to change."

"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."