Iain M. BanksThe trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.
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George Orwell once wrote, "The trouble with writing is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't." Unfortunately, it's true. Sometimes real life doesn't make sense. For example, the old saying that the best way to predict the future is to invent it has some truth to it.
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