Muse Quote by Robert J. Sawyer

“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

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

— Ruzgar

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

“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

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

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's…

— Jodi Picoult

“Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day…

— Lili St. Crow

A writer needs certain conditions in which to work and create art. She needs a piece of time; a peace of mind; a quiet…

— Margaret Walker

“The hours spent forming a written work can make one obsessive, distracted, compulsive, and neurotic even, especially when it comes to those rare, precious…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Please don't entertain for a moment the utterly mistaken idea that there is no drudgery in writing. There is a great deal of drudgery…

— Ngaio Marsh

But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and…

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

This distraction is what one wants, which is very, very bad for the muse, because the muse hates not being in the line of…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim