“Don't wait for the muse.”
“Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.”
“The Muse visits during the act of creation, not before. Don't wait for her. Start alone.”
“I learned to produce whether I wanted to or not. It would be easy to say oh, I have writer's block, oh, I have to wait for my muse. I don't. Chain that muse to your desk and get the job done.”
“File under "Hard Truths": the creative muse is fiction. If you sit around waiting for the right moment to create, you will die waiting.”
“I need to go to parties, Raisa mused, so I don't think so much.”