Depends Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

People talk about talent as though it were some neutral substance that can be applied to anything. But talent is narrow and only functions…

— Wilfrid Sheed

Writing talent is similar to the art of chatting up a girl. You can improve to a certain degree through practice, but basically you…

— Haruki Murakami

“To Scottie July 18, 1940 p.454 The prose talent depends on other factors- assimilation of material and careful selection of it, or more bluntly:…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

— Peter Carey

If you want to write, you write. Talent is simply not enough.

— Jane Yolen

Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things.

— Steve Martin

A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships.

— Gore Vidal

It is always difficult to get across to people who are not professional writers that a talent to write does not mean a talent…

— Flannery O'Connor

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument…

— Susan Wiggs

“You think you have no ‘talent’? Write anyway. lots of people with ‘talent’ don’t actually act on it. As long as you write, you…

— M. Kirin

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to listen to your mind and endure the life of the writer”

— Wahab Oriyomi Osuolale

A talent is one who sees explicitly his capability and capacity to do the real wonders in others eyes, but often fails to muster…

— Anuj Somany