Ifs Quote by Nora Roberts

You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done…

— Nick Hornby

Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to…

— Nick Cave

Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.

— Kristin Hannah

I don't have a muse. I have a mortgage.

— Jim Butcher

Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.

— Robert Genn

Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction…

— Henry David Thoreau

If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should.…

— Ramez Naam

Muse is going to be part of everyday life as an indispensable tool helping people overcome mental, physical and emotional barriers. It's going to…

— Ariel Garten

Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.

— Miuccia Prada

Sometimes I just don't have time to wait for the muse to come, so I've developed things to force the muse to come back.

— Dan Mangan

Muses work all day long and then at night get together and dance.

— Edgar Degas

Once you start being a muse, you cannot stop being a muse.

— Carine Roitfeld