Jack London

"Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club."

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

"I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet."

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

"I would rather be ashes than dust!I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.The function of man is to live, not to exist.I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.I shall use my time."

"He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish."