The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?"

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The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: “Where do you get your ideas?” It’s a fairly common question, as they all are. We’re not saying it as a slight, merely as a fact of life. After all, most people don’t write, and those who do don’t work in the same genre or genre that is going to answer that question.

Source: Smoke And Mirrors: Short Fiction And Illusions

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