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“Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading—that is a good life.”
― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life: The Classic Essay Collection on the Creative Process

“Comedy and horror are opposite sides of the same coin.”
― Robert Bloch

“The reason this happens so often is the creators have to fight through so many dark difficulties, and wade through so much misunderstanding and confusion, they cannot see the light as others can, now the door is open and the path made easy. Please remember, the inventor often has a very limited view of what he invented, and some others (you?) can see much more.”
― Richard Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

“I want you to go and talk, Jamie. Watch the body language, look at the eyes. Don’t make accusations. Just talk. Ask if they saw anything. Ask if Laurens was a difficult employer. Be sympathetic. Ask if they have heard of the assegai man. Give them a chance to talk. Sometimes they talk easily and too much. Listen, Jamie. Listen with both your ears and your eyes and your head. The thing with a murder investigation is, first you look at it from a distance, look at everything. Then you come a step closer and look again. Another step. You don’t charge in — you stalk.”
― Deon Meyer, Devil's Peak