Books Quote by Stanley Elkin

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

— John Braine

So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us.

— Anthony Storr

Inspiration comes from the act of writing.

— Steve Doll

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

What is indispensable to inspiration? ...sound sleep and the provocation of a good book or a companion.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspiration can hit you in the head at any time in any context. It could happen in a conversation. Talking to someone at a…

— James Cameron

Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected. When you feel inspired you find yourself thrust into a world where ordinary…

— Deepak Chopra

I don't know anything about inspiration because I don't know what inspiration is; I've heard about it, but I never saw it.

— William Faulkner

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

— Roald Dahl

Inspiration is not the imagination that can be made, but it came with a sudden.

— Anonymous

I don't believe in the word 'inspiration', you just have to do it.

— Will Alsop