It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea of a houseโand the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person.
Neil GaimanIt always felt like the price of being a writer was that you would - even in the most terrible moments, there was a little phantom version of you sitting on your shoulder with a notebook going, I can use this. OK, look at the way that the light is glinting off the broken plastic on the road next to the blood. You can use this. And it was always a very strange feeling.
Neil Gaiman