Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter…

Neil Gaiman
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Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better than you ever could have dreamed it would. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2009). Selections from Fragile Things, Volume One: 4 Short Fictions and Wonders, p.5, Harper Collins
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