To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about peopl…

Aldous Huxley
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To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about people in an actual environment, and then a whole lot of work on the basis of those inspirations. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1999). Moksha: Aldous Huxley's Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience, p.214, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
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