Wish list Quote by Michelle M. Pillow

“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.”

— Helen Hanson

Like all writers, my greatest inspiration, my ultimate muse, is a deadline.

— Dave Barry

Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“...in search of my creative muse while writing a novel.”

— Atlas Brown

“Sometimes the writing flows, sometimes it's like wading through concrete. But I keep showing up each day, whether the Muse joins me or not.”

— Bruce Hale

“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

“If you are able to write, you ``don`t need`` to Muse!”

— Ruzgar

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

— Sarah Scott

A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled to perfect…

— Robert J. Sawyer

This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power…

— Steven Pressfield

“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

“Real writers write. Period. No, the muse does not come to visit everyday. She’s a lazy, precocious flirt. You cannot get into the habit…

— Darynda Jones