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[My muse] she's impatient with me, because I don't do what I should do: sit down and write.

[My muse] she's impatient with me, because I don't do what I should do: sit down and write.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Writing, Down And, Muse
Source: www.oxfordjournals.org

I'm surrounded by men, and the muse is complaining that I have neglected her.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Men, Complaining, Muse
"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

I'm not sure why my muse is female, except when I am deliberately playing against that figure.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Female, Muse, Figures
"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

There are a couple of poems I've written with masculine muses, very often the muse to me is a female.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Couple, Female, Muse
"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

My muse is very often, in my mind, a nagger. She nags me.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Mind, Muse
"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

It's why muse is so impatient with me. I don't ever go to her until after the teaching or whatever is over.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Teaching, Muse, Impatient
Source: www.oxfordjournals.org

Philosophy is a bad master for poetry; religion worse; and politics self-serving will never serve the Muse.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Philosophy, Self, Muse
"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

I have a muse who's very powerful, but I'm still a hopeless deadbeat of a poet.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Powerful, Hopeless, Muse
"Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

I'm always resisting [my muse]. I'm resisting her power.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Muse, Resisting

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