“this was the wonderful thing about strangers. they were big blank pieces of paper, you could draw watever you like on their impresionable surfaces”
“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”
“If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.”
“Before, when I looked at a piece of blank paper my mind was filled with ideas. Now all I see is a blank piece of paper”
“See all these buildings, Russell? All these buildings were once a drawing on a piece of paper, and before that they were an idea in someone’s head. Any idea that you have, you can make manifest.”
“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”