Favorite Quotes On Writing

Here are some of my favorite writing quotes:

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are." -W Scott Maugham

"Writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead." -Gene Fowler

"The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say." -F Scott Fitzgerald

"The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can't help it." -Leo Rosten

"The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location." -Flannery O'Connor

And my favorite, though it does not pertain specifically to writing. It captures in essence the process the hero and heroine encounter in the story:

"Without change, something sleeps inside us and never awakens. The sleeper must awaken." -Frank Herbert