“She loves an entrance, your muse.”— Simon Kinberg, Anthony Peckham, Michael Robert Johnson, Dr. John Watson, Jude Law, imdb.com
“All that poetry and all those songs... about something that lasts no time at all.”— Nick Hornby, Jenny Mellor, Carey Mulligan, imdb.com
“She was shocked. Jeanette had no idea. She said she had seen Dexys on TV but wasn’t sure it was me singing.”— Marc Myers, Wall Street Journal, wsj.com
“Experience the best museums from London to Seoul in the comfort of your own home.”— Andrea Romano, travelandleisure.com
“I don't know what I should give or what I'm to sing. All I can do is give you this and let my heart play. I know your face; let this song whisper your name.”— Tyler Joseph, youtube.com
“So it was not just that orgasm might heighten creativity in women; maybe creativity also heightened orgasm.”— Naomi Wolf, amazon.com
“nightfall, n.: We greet this with a celebration of stillness, a revelry of reflection.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“You bring out the best in me. I don’t mean better manners, or a sense of maturity, or whatever else this tired world expects of me. I mean you make me want to climb roofs, run wild and act inappropriately, take risks and pursue my dreams with passion and integrity. Around you, I start living.”— Beau Taplin, thewildestwallflower.tumblr.com
“You know, I think that book that I wrote, in a way, was like building something. So that I wouldn't forget the... details of the time that we spent together. You know, like just a reminder that... that once we really did meet! You know, that this was real! That this happened!”— Ethan Hawke, Jesse, amazon.com
“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.”— Barbara Kingsolver, amazon.com
“What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat.’ And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.’”— Maya Angelou, amazon.com
“You are right, in one sense, when you speak of honesty. An effort, anyway, with the usual human or feminine retractions. To retreat is not feminine, male, or trickery. It is a terror before utter destruction. What we analyze inexorably, will it die? Will June die? Will our love die, suddenly, instan…”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.ca
“For the sake of my human weakness, the spirit of the depths gave me this word. Yet this word is also superfluous, since I do not speak it freely, but because I must. I speak because the spirit robs me of joy and life if I do not speak. I am the serf who brings it and does not know what he carries in…”— Carl Jung, amazon.com