The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any write…

Douglas Adams
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The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn't collapse when you beat your head against it. ✨ Douglas Adams (2005). The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time, p.59, Del Rey
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