Michael Atchison
Often, it's by reading. Sometimes, it's by accident (every once in a while, an idea just appears). But most frequently it's by sitting at the keyboard and trying. There have been many days when I've started with nothing, and the ideas have come while I'm working. It's like the old water pumps on my grandparents' farm. You had to crank and crank the things, but after a while, the water came flowing out.
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