String split question using "*"

Let's say have a string... ``` String myString = "my*big*string*needs*parsing"; ``` All I want is to get an split the string into "my" , "big" , "string", etc. So I try ``` myString.split("*"); ``` returns java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta character '*' near index 0 `*` is a special character in regex so I try escaping.... ``` myString.split("\\*"); ``` same exception. I figured someone would know a quick solution. Thanks.