Born Quote by Stevie Smith

Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.

— Stevie Smith

I do have a muse. I am not sure how to describe her. She can be very elusive. She was born in England but…

— Quentin S. Crisp

Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have.

— Kit Williams

My muse is very often, in my mind, a nagger. She nags me.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“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

The muse whispers to you when she chooses, and you can't tell her to come back later, because you quickly learn in this business…

— Terry Brooks

“She is my inspiration. My muse. My obsession.”

— Amy Plum

The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens.

— Horace

“The Muse visits during the act of creation, not before. Don't wait for her. Start alone.”

— Roger Ebert

The other me, who did not mean to drown herself, went under the sea and remained there for a long time. Eventually she surfaced…

— Edna O'Brien

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

“But the fact is, she [the muse] won't be summoned. She alights when it damn well pleases her. She falls in love with one…

— Erica Jong