It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.

I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.

In loquaciousness lay insanity.

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness

I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.