“If you're not inspired, you are expired.”

“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.”

“All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired.”

“Nothing says inspiration like a plane flying over your head while you're playing.”

“When you're eight or nine years old and you look at the TV set men are landing on the moon — anything is possible. And that is something we need to not lose sight of, is that the inspiration and permission to dream is immense.”

“Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.”

“You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing…”

“He was, if ever there was one, an inspired poet. I do not think it the highest sort of poet. And you never discover who is an inspired poet until the inspiration goes.”

“Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.”

“In life, you need either inspiration or desperation.”