| Simpsons Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 6900 |
| AUTHOR: | Ernest Hemingway |
| QUOTATION: | When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Quoted by James Mellow Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein & Co Praeger 74 |
| SUBJECTS: | Communications & the Arts: Literature: Writers & Editors |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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