Mark Twain: "For I knew quite well the tale was not finished, and I could not understand why I was not able to go on with it. The reason was very simple. My ta

Mark Twain: "For I knew quite well the tale was not finished, and I could not understand why I was not able to go on with it. The reason was very simple. My tank had run dry. It was empty. When the manuscript had lain in a pigeonhole two years, I took it out one day. "And it was then that I made the great discovery that, when the tank runs dry, you've only to leave it alone, and it will fill up again in the time while you were asleep, also while you were at work on other things and are quite unaware that this unconscious and profitable cerebration is going on. There was plenty of material now, and the book went on and finished itself without any trouble." -- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec10/twain_07-07.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec10/twai...