The canticle is gradual perhaps because the bear's awakening is gradual. The bear is powerful and sensual, although thin because he is out of his time. In a way, Tabby said when called upon to explicate, the bear can be seen as a symbol of mankind's troubling and wonderful habit of dreaming the right dreams at the wrong time. Such dreams are difficult because they're inappropriate, but also wonderful in their promise. The poem also suggests that dreams are powerful – the bear’s is strong enough to seduce the wind into bringing his song to a fish caught in a net.

(Stephen King "On Writing")

Arī no totālām kulinārijas neveiksmēm ir savs labums, ir šķebinoši, un kādu laiku ēst vairs negribas.

And whenever I see a first novel dedicated to a wife (or a husband), I smile and think, "There's someone who knows". Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don't have to make speeches, just believing is usually enough.

(Stephen King "On Writing")

(..) stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when it feels like all you're managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.

(Stephen King "On Writing")