Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.
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I think telling stories is like pushing something. Pushing against uncreation itself, maybe.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Stories are a creative force against chaos and nothingness.
In this quote, Stephen King suggests that storytelling serves as a powerful act of creation that counters the inherent chaos of 'uncreation'. Each story is a deliberate push against a void, striving to bring meaning, order, and imagination into the world, illustrating the importance of imagination in human experience.
Themes
StorytellingCreativityImaginationChaosCreation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about the power of storytelling in literature.
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