“Moreover, the works already known are due to chance and experiment rather than to sciences; for the sciences we now possess are merely systems for the nice ordering and setting forth of things already invented; not methods of invention or directions for new works.” ScienceChanceKnownKnowledgeNiceAccountsMethodDuesExperimentsInventionSettingSettingsNew Work Book:The works Source: The works
“The thing I like so much about short stories is that there isn't as much of an investment of time so I'm free to experiment more. If it doesn't work out, I've only lost a week or two of work. If I screw up a novel I've lost at least a year's worth of work. But the nice thing is that those experiments with short stories can be carried over to novels when the experiments do work.” IfsYearsTwoStoriesLostNovelNiceWeekInvestmentWork OutExperimentsShort StoryScrewsNice ThingsScrew Ups Author:Charles de Lint