“Every time I hear writers talk about ‘the muse,’ I just want to bitch-slap them. It’s a job. Do your job.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“You’re the world’s muse, Trixie.” “I just want to be your muse.” “Done.” — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views. — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I have a muse who's very powerful, but I'm still a hopeless deadbeat of a poet. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it all the muses sing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
[My muse] she's impatient with me, because I don't do what I should do: sit down and write. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Grey time-worn marbles Hold the pure Muses. In their cool gallery, By yellow Tiber, They still look fair. — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“Scheherazade was Earth's muse, it seemed; it was just one damn thing after another, always one more cliffhanger, clinging to life and… — Ken Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
Muse is the brain-sensing headband that allows you to track your cognitive and emotional activity. It boosts your attention and helps you… — Ariel Garten Copy Share Image
I think I approach all of my writing in the same way. I mean, it's my job, and I'm committed to it.… — T Cooper Copy Share Image
Sometimes I look back and think, "How did I write that? The book is smarter than I am!" I have never written… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, And muses on the faces of the friends that he has… — James Whitcomb Riley Copy Share Image
Wouldn't that be wonderful if I could do that? And that way, I could walk with the muse, rather than walk without… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways, the cool thing about modeling is that other people and artists I look up to are able… — Hunter Schafer Copy Share Image
“Remember, the Muse favors working stiffs. She hates prima donnas. To the gods the supreme sin is not rape or murder, but… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Every single bit of entertainment is escapism. It's because you are saying, "Let's see what this other person's life is like." And… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
“As you entered the room stirring air with suppleness of walk, waking up the stillness with jingles of cymbals, making curtains dance… — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
Writing is self-reinforcing. Don't make a fetish out of it, and don't surrender to the myth of the garret, or the myth… — Jay Lake Copy Share Image
My idea of storytelling is - I wouldn't say it's religious but I would say it's spiritual. You know, the chemist Friedrich… — David Milch Copy Share Image
Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,' served as my muse for 'The Painted Girls.' I came upon a television documentary… — Cathy Marie Buchanan Copy Share Image
We knew when we started the Daily Muse, we wanted a recruiting-focused business model rather than an advertising-focused one. We felt like… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
Don't wait for the muse. As I've said, he's a hardheaded guy who's not susceptible to a lot of creative fluttering. This… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I am a creature of the Fey Prepare to give your soul away My spell is passion and it is art My… — Heather Alexander Copy Share Image