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Sleep: A Creative Aphrodisiac?

Famous Writers’ Sleep Habits vs. Literary Productivity, Visualized
“In both writing and sleeping,” Stephen King observed in his excellent meditation on the art of “creative sleep” and wakeful dreaming, “we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum rational thinking of our daytime lives.”

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