About the book: 2014 / "Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a mine. This mine is myself,” writes Ray Bradbury, and this, perhaps, is the quintessence of the book. The great Bradbury, whose books became classics during the author’s lifetime, is trying to understand himself and the nature of creative writing. How is the plot born? How does the idea come about? And in general, at what point does a person understand that writing books is his purpose? But these are by no means boring and pretentious notes from the master. Bradbury has a wonderful sense of humor; he looks at the world through the eyes of not only an all-understanding, wise person, but also an ironic person. So, one of the chapters of the book is called “How to hold and feed the Muse.” By the way, the answer to this question is in the book, and it is simple - in order to hold the Muse, you need to live with passion and love life, listen to it and to yourself.