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"Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups."
Success
"Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books."
People
"The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets."
Creativity
"I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul."
God
"I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here."
Love
"Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough."
Time
"I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in mythology inspire me, though I may not be conscious of it."
Creativity
"I do want to go another way - to write something completely different."
Want
"What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character."
God
"I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out."
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"I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces."
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Personal Development
"You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either."
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Personal Development
"I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on."
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Personal Development
"Mind your driving."
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Personal Development
"I quit driving, I'm not retired."
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Personal Development
"With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it's much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist."
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Personal Development
"Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house."
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"When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis."
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"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'"
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"I grew up at 16 years old driving trucks across the George Washington Bridge."
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