Judy Blume Quotes

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost.

I don't believe in writer's block.

I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.'

We all have fertile creative periods and times when we can't figure out how we ever did it.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

I'm probably creative for half an hour a day. The rest of the time, I'm just doing what's necessary to make that creativity visible.

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time.

There's no such thing as writer's block. I'm brilliant all the time every day. It never stops.

I don't remember ever having writer's block. If I sit in there for four hours, I'll usually have something.

I learned that creativity is all about being frustrated.

I feel like I spend most of my time in a state of writer's block! When things do come out, they come out quickly.

Most creative people fall into one of two categories - either they're task-oriented, or they're time-oriented.

It may be that learning to do creative work of any kind - not just direct imagery exercises - may help combat writer's block.

Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work.

The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file. I dread not having work in progress.

Usually, I create tunes that are fragmented. I think the biggest obstacle for people with their creativity is that they feel they have to sit down and create this finished, polished product.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.

Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.

I go into my workroom seven mornings a week. There will only be one or two mornings a week where it seems to be going well, but to earn those days you have to go through slow, slodgy days where your mind feels like porridge.

It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like building something when the foundations there are not really solid.

I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.