Muse Abuse/Quotes

"Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration And sing about their grief"

- U2, "The Fly"

"Deep, so deep The number-one I hope to reap Depends upon the tears you weep So cry, lover, cry"

- The Beautiful South, "Song for Whoever"

"I'm sorry, mama I never meant to hurt you I never meant to make you cry, but tonight I'm cleaning out my closet"

- Eminem, "Cleaning Out My Closet"

"How dare Corinne write up Allegra's secret stories and send them off to magazines to be published? How dare Corinne write them so poorly that no one wished to take them?"

- The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler