A Quote by Robert J. Sawyer
A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled to perfect conditions or the perfect spot.
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Perfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.
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