"When I’m starting a book, I compose in bed before I go to sleep. I will lie there in the dark and..."

“When I’m starting a book, I compose in bed before I go to sleep. I will lie there in the dark and think. I’ll try to write a paragraph. An opening paragraph. And over a period of weeks and months and even years, I’ll word and reword it until I’m happy with what I’ve got. If I can get that first paragraph right, I’ll know I can do the book.”

- Why Stephen King Spends ‘Months and Even Years’ Writing Opening Sentences