Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Talent is a matter of quantity Talent does not write on page it writes three hundred

...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent...

Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.

Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation.

Not many people can lay claim to having broken Time, and we did it purely by accident.

Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.

If you don't want to be average, don't rush into doing what the crowd is doing

There are many good seeds in you. Therefore you must avoid every bad soil in the world.

If your education, talent and capacity can do nothing; your body can do lots of things.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

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