Gina > Gina's Quotes

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. ”
― Agatha Christie

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
― Stephen King

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
― Stephen King

“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.”
― Stephen King

“Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”
― Stephen King

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein