Communication Quote by Dan Simmons

“For those who do not write and who never have been stirred by the creative urge, talk of muses seems a figure of speech,…

— Dan Simmons

“The muses are wicked and wonderful, devious and delightful, not to be trusted and not to be ignored. Thank God we have them.”

— Mark W. Travis

Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from Greek mythology. They're wrong. In…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“The reader's feedback is the muse for great written works of art.”

— Sarah Scott

What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the…

— Margaret Fuller

I am imbued with the notion that a Muse is necessarily a dead woman, inaccessible or absent; that a poetic structure - like the…

— Michel Leiris

Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky…

— Anne Fadiman

“The Muse is not real. Relying on the Muse is like leaning on a crutch made of playing cards.”

— Chuck Wendig

“To be a muse is to be a wonder in someone else's eyes, flaws and all.”

— L.H. Cosway

The concept of muse is alien to me. To speak of a muse implies there is a couple in which one person is the…

— Luca Guadagnino

“That’s what writers and artists and creators do, boy. Listen to the Void and try to hear dead folks’ thoughts. Feel their pain. The…

— Dan Simmons

“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