Education Quote by Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I've learnt that the muse is like an angry girlfriend. If she comes knocking you better be home because if you're not, she doesn't…

— Anh Do

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

[My muse] she's impatient with me, because I don't do what I should do: sit down and write.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

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 show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse sees fit to join me there…

— Tom Robbins

“I can assure you, as anyone who has ever met a muse knows, the best way to get a muse to hang around is…

— Z.A. Maxfield

But the muse won’t always cooperate and she will never be coerced. Sometimes she’d rather take a nap or see a mid-afternoon movie.

— Anonymous

The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning,…

— Glen Hansard

I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work.

— Ray Bradbury

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

Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. If she doesn’t show up invited, eventually she just…

— Isabel Allende