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“I very much was inspired by Bill Bryson. He does cover science, but more often, it's a mixture of science and travel, and whatever he happens to be writing about - Shakespeare, Australia, the United Kingdom, or when he covers science in 'A Short History Of Nearly Everything' - he has an incredible ability to be both entertaining and enlightening.”

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Author:Mary Roach

“No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.”

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Author:Dan Simmons

“I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.”

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Book:Shiver

Source: Shiver

“I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.”

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Author:Kate Voegele

“I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.”

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Author:Donald Miller

“When I was in college, I did do some writing of poetry, somewhat inspired, I think at that time, by Carl Sandburg, because English was still relatively new to me, and Sandburg, of course, wrote in a very easy-to-understand, very colloquial and informal manner.”

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Author:Lisel Mueller

“I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.”

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Author:St. Vincent

“It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.”

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Author:George Gershwin

“Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something.”

Writing Mad Inspired Being Mad

Author:Amy Clampitt

“O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd?”

Writing Magic Inspired Warm Lovely Enthusiasm Charm Inward

Book:The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie

Source: The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie

“Keep a gratitude journal. Write down at least three things a day you are either thankful for, made you smile or genuinely inspired you.”

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Author:Robert Holden