"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
"Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory."
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Source: Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.39, Simon and Schuster
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