Perspiration Quotes
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.
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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
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Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.
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None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
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People often say that writing is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration. This is nonsense, of course. It's pretty much one hundred percent caffeine.
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Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation.
