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

The line frames creativity as an active, disciplined pursuit rather than a passive gift that arrives on schedule. By rejecting “waiting,” it aligns artistic work with labor: showing up, drafting, revising, and producing even when one doesn’t feel inspired. The deliberately comic violence of “with a club” underscores the force of will required to overcome inertia, fear, and distraction. In a broader sense, it champions professionalism—treating writing (or any creative craft) as something earned through persistence and routine, where inspiration is more often the result of sustained effort than its prerequisite.