Disgusting Quote by Milan Kundera

“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

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

I have no talent. I write poems for myself, to think things through, that’s all.

— Anna Kamienska

I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.

— Mariel Hemingway

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

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

— Johnny Mercer

“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

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

— Gore Vidal

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

— Jane Yolen

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if…

— Johnny Cash

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

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

— Tom T. Hall