The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out about. Robert J. Sawyer
Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 23 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won the Nebula Award (1995), the Hugo Award (2003), and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006).
Interesting observation from a fiction writer.
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Stories and Quotes from the Mind* and Keyboard of A.A.Forringer 
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