Friendship Quote by Ralph Keyes

I get inspired by my friends, and if a friend is a writer, that is even deeper.

— Nick Flynn

Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours.

— Zelda Popkin

“Professional writers write to fit”

— Pamela Glass Kelly

I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a…

— Toni Morrison

A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are.

— Philip Pullman

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

— Roald Dahl

I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.

— Kat Edmonson

Inspiration comes from the act of writing.

— Steve Doll

It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing.

— John Braine

The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I…

— Eric Brown

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

— Aleksandar Hemon

I have never believed that one should wait until one is inspired because I think the pleasures of not writing are so great that…

— John Updike