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1 " The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. "
― Stephen King , On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
2 " The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. ... Substance abusing writers are just substance abusers — common garden variety drunks and druggies, in other words. Any claims that the drugs and alcohol are necessary to dull a finer sensibility are just the usual self-serving bullshit. I've heard alcoholic snowplow drivers make the same claim, that they drink to still the demons. "
