All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened. - Ernest J. Gaines

When people hear stories, they identify more closely with the characters. When I read aloud, people always come up to me and say, “I understand it much better now that I’ve heard you read it. I can hear the characters’ voices much clearer…”

I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in God, I know there's God.

King is probably one of three men of this century that I'll call heroic. A fantastic man as far as I'm concerned, for all that he did.