Inspiration Quote by Robert Fanney

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…

— Caprice Crane

Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.

— Louise Brooks

“Writing is 10% inspiration,90% perspiration and 50% procrastination.”

— Lucky Stevens

Writing is 1% inspiration, 99% not getting distracted by the internet.

— Anonymous

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

— Roald Dahl

Writing is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent prevarication.

— Richard Herring

“People think writers are always feeling inspired. That's only about 5% of it. 95% is the daily discipline to just sit and write.”

— Bruce Van Horn

I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.

— Katherine Anne Porter

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

— Marilyn Hacker

With me, writing is 60% imagination, 30% people you know and 10% you don't know where it comes from.

— Terrence McNally

Besides the soothing effect it has, I think my favorite part of writing is being able to use my imagination and creativity to make…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion…

— John Braine