“The really inspired person is never inspired: he's always inspired: he doesn't go looking for inspiration and he doesn't get up in arms about artistic technique.”
“Inspiration doesn't lead to writing. Writing leads to inspiration.”
“...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.”
“Silly…but the mere issuing of a command always inspires confidence. It doesn't matter whether it is a necessary command, or even a correct one…it inspires self-confidence even in the man who issues it.”
“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.”
“The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.”