“If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.”

Source: Time Enough for Love (1973)

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Robert A. Heinlein 557
American science fiction author 1907–1988

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