"My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl"
- Sarah Zettel
About this Quote
This quote by Sarah Zettel is a humorous method of expressing her imaginative procedure. She implies that her ideas come from an "Idea Fairy" that gos to her every night. By leaving a bowl of milk out on her back deck, she is welcoming the Idea Fairy to come and leave her with a new idea. The metaphor of the milk being gone and a new idea being left in its location indicates that the Idea Fairy is taking the milk as payment for the concept. This quote is an easy going way of expressing the innovative procedure and the idea that inspiration can originate from unexpected places.
This quote is written / told by Sarah Zettel somewhere between December 1, 1966 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA.
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