Quotes about Inspiration

I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.

My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.

I love co-writing. That whole process is a challenge in that good writers are pushing you.

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. It's informed by our own understanding of spirituality; things that matter, things that are important to us. I write about things that matter for me.

I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.

I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.

Billy Collins writes lovely poems. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally moulds chaos itself into a race of gods.

You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or, rather, you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.

The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible.

An idea is a curious thing. It will not work unless you do.