"You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. It’s hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) would presume to write and expect people to like what they have written, but I know it’s true. (…) If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life."

— Stephen King (via writingadvice)

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