Guts Quote by Jessamyn West Download Open image “Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.” — Jessamyn West ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Guts Helpful Talent Writing
I've always believed in my talent. And I've always had more guts than talent. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is ability to articulate human relationships. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are,… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
Being consistent meant not departing from convictions already formulated; being a leader meant making other persons accept these convictions. It was a narrow track,… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken,… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults. They frolic with animals, caress them, share with them feelings neither has words for. Have… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter. — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint? — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
I seem to be the only person in the world who doesn't mind being pitied. If you love me, pity me. The human state… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
I am always jumping into the sausage grinder and deciding, even before I’m half ground, that I don’t want to be a sausage after… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
You make what seems a simple choice: choose a man or a job or a neighborhood- and what you have chosen is not a… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
You're getting into some kind of shape, cop." Aw, come on, now." Butch grinned. "Don't let that shower we took go to your head."… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
May the gods have mercy on whoever pisses them off, because Zarek and Jericho will have none for them. (Madoc) You’d better be glad… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I think that one of the hardest things in the world to be is a black male. I mean everyone hates your guts. White… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone. — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go… — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
How can I set free anyone who doesn't have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom? I think it's a… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Practice following your intuition in everyday things, trusting your gut feelings moment by moment and acting on them as best you can. As you… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
I cast very much from the gut, and I think I was very lucky to be able to get... many amazing international... people that… — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
