"You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you." ― Stephen King Topic(s): Hope Tags: cannot, sweep More From Stephen King "Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we’ve always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us." "Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process." "And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God’s language – it’s better, it’s finer, it’s language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives." More In Hope "Beware how you take away hope from any human being."― Oliver Wendell Holmes "If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks."― Francois Rabelais "I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive."― Man Ray