Reading is the creative center of a writerβs life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities to dip in. The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as in long swallows. Waiting rooms were made for booksβ of course! But so are theater lobbies before the show, long and boring checkout lines, and everyoneβs favorite, the john. You can even read while youβre driving, thanks to the audiobook revolution. Of the books I read each year, anywhere from six to a dozen are on tape. β¨ Stephen King (2000). On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft, p.92, Simon and Schuster
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- It's a long way back to Eden, Sweetheart, so don't sweat the small stuff.
- Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists. β¨ Stephen King (2016). It: A Novel, p.7, Simon and Schuster
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