„I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.“

— William Faulkner
„All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others?“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„When I am writing I instinctively make a little drawing now and then like the one I sent you lately, and for instance, this morning, 'Elijah in the Desert.“
— Vincent Van Gogh
„The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people. Fearless, powerful, surprising, moved as I otherwise am only when I write.“
— Franz Kafka
„Yes, I am a fatal man, Madame Fribsbi. To inspire hopeless passion is my destiny.“
— William Makepeace Thackeray
„When I’m writing music for a film, inspiration will come from the subject matter and visual images, because I don’t agree to any offers of film work unless I believe I can add another dimension to the film. But if l’m writing music purely for myself, inspiration comes naturally, from everything around“
— Vangelis
„Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.“
— Walt Whitman