Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.
—Leonard Bernstein
I have seen the future and it doesn't work.
—Robert Fulford
We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
—George Eliot
Every moment that passes and I am stuck in this room is a moment that I am not working toward accomplishing my quest. Waiting is not acting. And not acting is akin to failing. How can I wait anymore?
—Bree Despain in The Shadow Prince
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
—Robert Frost