The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
— Stephen King
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
You have to stay faithful to what you're working on.
When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'
I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.
French is the language that turns dirt into romance.
He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on?
Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.
