documentclass[border=1pt]{standalone}
usepackage{tikz}
usetikzlibrary{automata,positioning}
begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}[shorten >=1pt,node distance=1.0cm,on grid,auto]
    node[state,rectangle, align=center] (q_r) [] {This is a \ square};
    node[coordinate] (q_0) [right=of q_r, xshift=3cm]   {};
    node[coordinate] (q_1) [left=of q_r, xshift=-3cm, yshift=1mm]   {};
    node[coordinate] (q_2) [left=of q_r, xshift=-3cm, yshift=-1mm]   {};
    path[->]
    (q_r) edge [] node  {This is an arrow} (q_0);
    draw[->] ([yshift=-2mm]q_r.west) -- ([yshift=-3mm]q_1) node[midway] {This is an arrow};
    draw[->] ([yshift=2mm]q_r.west) -- ([yshift=3mm]q_2) node[midway,swap] {This is an arrow};
    end{tikzpicture}
end{document}