Okay, the useless trivia generator in my brain is telling me that there was some guy, some old famous writer, who used to get his best ideas as he was falling asleep. He would lie on a couch holding a spoon above a plate on the floor; when he dozed off, he’d drop the spoon and wake himself up, and then go write down whatever had popped into his head.

I am absolutely sure I didn’t make this up, but I don’t know about whom the story ostensibly was. Does anybody else remember?

Update 2211 hrs: It was Dali! Thanks to Jacob (I think).