[rongopo]

Thesaurus is a fundamental tool of any good writer, to refine precise meanings without overdoing a bit. Denying this is certainly strange to me.

[wyclif]

I don't think King was saying "never use a thesaurus", he was just pointing out that relying on it too much is not a good way to develop as a writer. The way you do that is by reading great books.

[rongopo]

I agree, I think is a great tool, just the user should not abuse it.