Inspiration isn’t what gets your book written. Discipline is.
– Malinda Lo
Tag: inspiration
Quotable 441
Writing is a craft in the way that carpentry is a craft: There’s art to it, sure, and a certain inspiration required of it, definitely, but for the most part you’re just sawing and sanding and getting dust in your eyes.
– Megan Garber
Quotable 434
You can’t wait for inspiration because it may never come.
– Erskin Caldwell
Quotable 418
Writers had better not be too cocksure that they’ve got inspiration on their side.
– J.H. Prynne
Quotable 337
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.
– Octavia Butler
Quotable 301
Craft is what enables you to be successful when you’re not inspired.
– Brian Eno
Quotable 275
Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
– Madeleine L’Engle
Quotable 237
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
– Jack London
Quotable 236
Work inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you’re interested, keep working. If you’re bored, keep working.
– Michael Crichton
Quotable 216
If you don’t understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration.
– Elizabeth George