"People understand contests. You take a bunch of kids throwing rocks at random and people look askance, but if you go and hold a rock-throwing contest - people understand that."
"My ignorance is essential. I do not write what I know but what I need to know."
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Source: Don Murray (1982). “Learning by Teaching: Selected Articles on Writing and Teaching”, Heinemann Educational Books
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