Block Quote by Piers Anthony Download Open image “One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.” — Piers Anthony ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Block Muse Reason Writing
“I have never experienced writers block and I've written every day since June 1972. But I have experienced the need to get up and… — Jan Marquart Copy Share Image
I learned to produce whether I wanted to or not. It would be easy to say oh, I have writer's block, oh, I have… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I never have [suffered writer’s block], although I’ve had books that didn’t work out. I had to stop writing them. I just abandoned them. It was depressing, but it wasn’t the end of the world. When it really isn’t working, and you’ve been bashing yourself against the wall, it’s kind of a relief. I mean, sometimes you bash yourself against… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share
I've had one experience of writer's block in my life, and it was living hell. It was a terror for me. — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I've always said "Writer's Block" is a myth. There is no such thing as writer's block, only writers trying to force something that isn't… — Julie Ann Dawson Copy Share Image
'Writer's block' sounds so dramatic and worrisome, and I don't worry about it. I know deep down that I'm a writer, and it's just… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I hate thinking about writer's block! I don't have writer's block much, knock on wood, but if I do, I think it's usually because… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
“At first I was exhilarated by my freedom from the responsibility of the kingship. This lasted about seven minutes. I was also depressed by… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“I have, as may be apparent, not much respect for editors as a class.” — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go.… — Piers Anthony Copy Share
I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing… — Phoebe Stone Copy Share Image
Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be able to hit with everybody yelling at him. He had to block all that out, block out everything but this ball that is coming in at a hundred miles an hour and he's got a split… — Pee Wee Reese Copy Share
If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race or that sex, and they can't be interesting because everything they do has to represent an entire block of people. You know, Superman isn't all white people and neither is Lex Luthor. We knew we had… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share
Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away! — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I mean family is more important than anything in life. Family is important than my crew, D-Block, my rap career anything... It's the most important aspect of a person's life. — Styles P Copy Share
Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all guns? For the life of me, I can't. We must register our cars and be licensed to drive. In many places we must get licenses for dogs and even bicycles. Being required to register firearms and… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the… — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society. — William Ruckelshaus Copy Share Image
New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on… — Diplo Copy Share Image
Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into two perfect halves. Such was my elation that I ran inside, put on our ancient cracked record of Aretha Franklin singing Respect and danced all by myself for half an hour in our living room, without inhibition, almost… — Helen Garner Copy Share
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion about Harvard, and indeed the school's president, James Conant, did block Jewish faculty. He was the one who prevented European Jews from being admitted to the chemistry department - his field - and also had pretty… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share