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Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. - Author object (148)

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. - Author object (148)

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Author object (148)

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. - Author object (148)

There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book. - Author object (148)

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on. - Author object (148)

Go then, there are other worlds than these. - Author object (148)

That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery. - Author object (148)

Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym. - Author object (148)

The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle. - Author object (148)

The scariest moment is always just before you start. - Author object (148)

The road to hell is paved with adverbs. - Author object (148)

Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good. - Author object (148)

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. - Author object (148)

I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all. - Author object (148)

Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to. - Author object (148)

A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger. - Author object (148)

If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you. - Author object (148)

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. - Author object (148)

Books are a uniquely portable magic. - Author object (148)