Stephen King Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: b. September 21, 1947
Birthday: September 21
I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather; the magic was in him.
source: Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.121, Simon and Schuster
topic: Writing, Roots, Magic, Urges, Airborne, Dumbo, Adverbs, Bad Writing
