It has been often said that writing is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. In my experience, this is true. But, in my opinion, it is useless without that 1 percent. It's like an engine...
I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck.
(n.) The act or process of perspiring.
(n.) That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent.