I'm finding references to it as being a quote from Douglas Adams (writer of _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_). M-H On 9/9/07 2:32 AM, "Barry Wellman" <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
I yet again ran into frustration trying to find the source (publication, date) for a quotation. Finding the quote is easy. In this case:
Gene Fowler, "Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until little drops of blood form on your forehead."*
But when was it uttered or written. The many quotation pages on the web seem Never to give sources. (Methinks, many just copy from each other.)
They seem to be aimed at giving sound-bytes to speakers, bloggers, etc.
Barlett's QUotations was sterling on this in print days. Does it still exist?
Any other advice?