If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.
Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
AutobiographyOn Writing: A Memoir of the Craft / Genre
King crafts dialogues that sound real, full of dialects, slang, and even incomplete sentences.
It's not just about what is said, but also what is left unsaid.
Subtext plays a huge role.