"When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics."

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"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Reading,

"When someone tells me to 'just relax,' I wonder why they don't hand me a book?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Reading, Happiness, Today, Wisdom, Truth

"There is no other enjoyment like reading."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Reading, Joy, Books, Imagination

"Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes."

James Madison, American President

Reading, Leisure

"Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read."

Anne Bronte, British Novelist

Reading, Books, Leisure, Knowledge

"The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination."

Elizabeth Hardwick, American Critic

Reading, Experience, Knowledge, Passion

"Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Reading, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"Kindle, isn't it? the waitress asked. "I got one for Christmas, and I love it. I'm reading my way through all of Jodi Picoult's books. "Oh, probably not all of them, Wesley said. "Huh? Why not? "She's probably got another one done already. That's all I meant. "And James Patterson's probably written one since he got up this morning! she said, and went off chortling."

Stephen King, American Author

Reading, Happiness, Today, Wisdom

"Read a short story every day."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Reading, Story, Daily, Habit, Knowledge

"I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.' They both seem to be threads in the same cloth as far as I'm concerned."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Reading, Read

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"So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing."

Horror

"When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing."

Writing

"Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too."

Horror

"A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted."

Books

"For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story."

Creativity

"Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch."

Horror

"I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself."

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"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."

"When someone tells me to 'just relax,' I wonder why they don't hand me a book?"

"There is no other enjoyment like reading."

"Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes."

"Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read."

"The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination."

"Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book."

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"So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing."

"When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing."

"Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too."

"A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted."

"For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story."

"Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch."

"The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing."

"In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels."

"Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural."

"I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself."