Goodreads asked Frank Wayne:

How do you get inspired to write?

Frank Wayne I am not driven to write, but I do feel obligated to write certain stories. In terms of inspiration, I get that from the many writers I have studied and read over the years. There are two writers who always inspire me: John Keats and William Blake. Each has a quote that I find enlightening and encouraging. Well, probably the former is enlightening; the latter encouraging. To paraphrase Keats: That which is creative, must itself create; and Blake: Mine is not to reason and compare, mine is to create. These two quotes keep me going, one out of pure exploration, and the other out of shear happy creation.

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