Writing Quote by Roger Ebert

“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

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

— Sarah Scott

“Music arrives when the Muse comes around.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“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 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 a tyrant. It gets you out of bed in the twilight of the morning and forces you to create something!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“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

“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

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

You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust all over your typewriter…

— Stephen King

“I am a Muse.”

— Susie M. Hanley