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Talent Quotes by Stephen King
- Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.
- The book is not the important part. The book is the delivery system. The important part is the story and the talent.
- Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
- We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the…
- I've said it before, and I'll say it again. When you find something at which you have talent, you do that thing (what ever it…
- A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to…
- Talent renders the whole idea of rehearsal meaningless; when you find something at which you are talented, you do it (whatever it is) until your…
- Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.
- I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that…
- You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write,…
- Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.
- Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one.…
More Talent Quotes
- Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel. — Mary Kay Ash
- Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had… — Kevyn Aucoin
- It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed… — Jane Austen
- Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,… — Francis Bacon
- Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent. — Kevin Bacon
- What I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good… — Erykah Badu
- There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given… — Pearl Bailey
- The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically… — Russell Baker
- I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. — Alec Baldwin
- Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation… — James A. Baldwin
- I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. — Lucille Ball