I'm a bit of a book worm, so a lot of the songs I write…

The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of verbal generalities, and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the minds of…

— William Hazlitt

“When I come home and look back through my Book of Books I see a personal narrative I didn’t recognize at the time. I…

— Pamela Paul

The two things that constantly inspired me were books and travel.

— Patti Smith

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.

— Cornelia Funke

“The book worm, the foreign-looking one with the dark, close set eyes an the Roman nose, who had never been sought after or cherished;…

— Michael Cunningham

“Methinks, Oh! vain ill-judging Book, I see thee cast a wishful look, Where reputations won and lost are In famous row called Paternoster. Incensed…

— Matthew Lewis

“I am a book-worm and a scholar, and am unfamiliar with practical affairs.”

— Anton Chekhov

Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.

— Ralph Keyes

“If you only write when you’re inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist because you’re going to…

— Neil Gaiman

“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o'clock every morning.”

— William Faulkner

Amateurs write when they are inspired. Professionals are inspired when they write. This is a subtle but important distinction.

— Michael Hyatt

“I write when I'm inspired and I see to it that I'm inspired at 9 o'clock every morning. Peter de Vries”

— Anonymous

“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at nine o’clock every morning.” ~ William Faulkner”

— S.J. Scott

Sometimes I would write while inspired and sometimes I would write through sheer force of will, and in revision the writing that I thought…

— Jesse Michaels

If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.

— Neil Gaiman