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“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
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“You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.”
― The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.”
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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