William Gibson (1948) American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder of the cyberpunk subgenre
Interview in Paris Review Summer 2011 http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6089/the-art-of-fiction-no-211-william-gibson
“The concept of dreaming is known to the waking mind but to the dreamer there is no waking, no real world, no sanity; there is only the screaming bedlam of sleep.”
— Stephen King, book Rose Madder
Source: Rose Madder
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