"The more you reason the less you create."

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"As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning."

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"Behind every effect there is a cause. You can never eliminate an effect without first understanding its cause."

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"It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are based on evidence, not on authority or intuition."

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