Carpet Quote by Steven Pressfield

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

She did not shut it properly because she knew that it is very silly to shut oneself into a wardrobe, even if it is…

— Anonymous

“Your job is to make sure the muse knows where you're going to be every day from nine 'til noon or seven 'til three.…

— Stephen King

“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

“Remember, as artists we don't know diddly. We're winging it every day. For us to try to second-guess our Muse the way a hack…

— Steven Pressfield

“Just as she'd feared, it did sound base, out in the open. Like a yellowed gown that one could imagine as lovely held up…

— Amanda Barratt

“The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work.”

— Steven Pressfield

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she…

— Edith Evans

My Muse sits forlorn She wishes she had not been born She sits in the cold No word she says is ever told.

— Stevie Smith

Because she favours solitude and indwelling, an artist can live a significantly more claustrophobic life that she had ever intended.

— Eric Maisel

“It is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe.”

— C.S. Lewis

“And yet no one has mastered the craftsmanship of the "doctor visit robe" beyond crinkly paper with one big ass side open … unbelievable.”

— S.E. Hall