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Stories are artifacts, not really made things which we create and can take credit for, but pre-existing objects which we dig up.

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Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
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I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.
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The only wat to get better at writing is to write. And read.
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In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom.
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Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.
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But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.
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All you imagined, no matter how wild it might seem, was no more than a disguised version of what you already knew.
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