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Meaning
The quote suggests that creativity grows when you let your subconscious do some of the work. It also presents delay and procrastination not as failures, but as parts of the creative process that can help ideas develop.
When It Was Said
2013
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
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Source
As cited in Linda Newbery, Yvonne Coppard ''Writing Children's Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion'', A&C Black (22 August 2013), p. 55
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
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Did You Know?
As cited in Linda Newbery and Yvonne Coppard, Writing Children's Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion (2013), p. 55.
About Hilary Mantel
British writer
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British writer best known for historical fiction, as well as memoir and short stories. Her work ranged across several forms, and she published from the mid-1980s onward. Her first novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, appeared in 1985. Over her career she wrote 12 novels, two short story collections, a memoir, and many articles and opinion pieces.
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