Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may.  

~ Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversation: Diogenes and Plato

That’s all.

It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.

~ William Faulkner

[If only]

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose.
~ Stephen King

The process of writing has something infinite about it.  Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.  

~ Elias Canetti

The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes. 
~ Agatha Christie

So it’s a good thing my dishwasher’s blown up, right?

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
~ E. L. Doctorow