people will say do you keep a notebook and the answer is I think a writer’s
and the answer is I think a writer’s
and the answer is I think a writer’s notebook is the best way in the world to
notebook is the best way in the world to
notebook is the best way in the world to immortalize bad ideas my idea about a
immortalize bad ideas my idea about a
immortalize bad ideas my idea about a good idea is one that sticks around and
good idea is one that sticks around and
good idea is one that sticks around and sticks around and sticks around it’s
sticks around and sticks around it’s
sticks around and sticks around it’s like to me it’s like if you were to put
like to me it’s like if you were to put
like to me it’s like if you were to put bread crumbs in a strainer and shake it
bread crumbs in a strainer and shake it
bread crumbs in a strainer and shake it which is what the passage of time is for
which is what the passage of time is for
which is what the passage of time is for me it’s like shaking a strainer all this
me it’s like shaking a strainer all this
me it’s like shaking a strainer all this stuff that’s not very big and not very
stuff that’s not very big and not very
stuff that’s not very big and not very important just kind of dissolves and
important just kind of dissolves and
important just kind of dissolves and falls out but the good stuff stays you
falls out but the good stuff stays you
falls out but the good stuff stays you know the big pieces stay I had the idea
know the big pieces stay I had the idea
know the big pieces stay I had the idea for under the dome when I was teaching
for under the dome when I was teaching
for under the dome when I was teaching high school back in 1973 and it was just
high school back in 1973 and it was just
high school back in 1973 and it was just too big for me and I was too young for
too big for me and I was too young for
too big for me and I was too young for it and I wrote about 25 26 pages and put
it and I wrote about 25 26 pages and put
it and I wrote about 25 26 pages and put it away
it away
it away there’s a scene at the beginning of this
there’s a scene at the beginning of this
there’s a scene at the beginning of this book where this woodchuck gets cut in
book where this woodchuck gets cut in
book where this woodchuck gets cut in half when this dome comes down over this
half when this dome comes down over this
half when this dome comes down over this town I had written that part when I was
town I had written that part when I was
town I had written that part when I was in in my early 20s and just sort of
in in my early 20s and just sort of
in in my early 20s and just sort of recreated it from memory when I when I
recreated it from memory when I when I
recreated it from memory when I when I wrote the book so the good stuff stays
wrote the book so the good stuff stays
wrote the book so the good stuff stays so my thing is like usually when I’m in
so my thing is like usually when I’m in
so my thing is like usually when I’m in my phone you know it’s because you said
my phone you know it’s because you said
my phone you know it’s because you said something you said something if someone
something you said something if someone
something you said something if someone said something that’s prompted me to be
said something that’s prompted me to be
said something that’s prompted me to be like oh I got to write that down doesn’t
like oh I got to write that down doesn’t
like oh I got to write that down doesn’t have to rhyme you know right away it
have to rhyme you know right away it
have to rhyme you know right away it doesn’t have to be you know a thought
doesn’t have to be you know a thought
doesn’t have to be you know a thought you know it doesn’t have to be a bar it
you know it doesn’t have to be a bar it
you know it doesn’t have to be a bar it just can be like something you said like
just can be like something you said like
just can be like something you said like even like I think the last thing I wrote
even like I think the last thing I wrote
even like I think the last thing I wrote down was like someone last night was I’m
down was like someone last night was I’m
down was like someone last night was I’m at feel like I’ve become a recluse and I
at feel like I’ve become a recluse and I
at feel like I’ve become a recluse and I was like man recluse that’s such a great
was like man recluse that’s such a great
was like man recluse that’s such a great word I love that works right now I write
word I love that works right now I write
word I love that works right now I write down like use the word recluse you know
down like use the word recluse you know
down like use the word recluse you know right so if you hear recluse in the rap
right so if you hear recluse in the rap
right so if you hear recluse in the rap it’s because someone said someone said
it’s because someone said someone said
it’s because someone said someone said it right so that’s just like those type
it right so that’s just like those type
it right so that’s just like those type of things I mean I keep a constant
of things I mean I keep a constant
of things I mean I keep a constant notepad of just ideas play by play if
notepad of just ideas play by play if
notepad of just ideas play by play if you read through that notepad you can
you read through that notepad you can
you read through that notepad you can really see where my mind is out where my
really see where my mind is out where my
really see where my mind is out where my life is at but no one is allowed to read
life is at but no one is allowed to read
life is at but no one is allowed to read through that okay my intention with this
through that okay my intention with this
through that okay my intention with this video was to spread understanding not
video was to spread understanding not
video was to spread understanding not fighting I want you to see that it’s not
fighting I want you to see that it’s not
fighting I want you to see that it’s not one point of view or the
one point of view or the
one point of view or the you can pull and learn from both
you can pull and learn from both
you can pull and learn from both especially the one that you don’t
especially the one that you don’t
especially the one that you don’t immediately resonate with embrace the
immediately resonate with embrace the
immediately resonate with embrace the genius of the end
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