“A novelist has more talent for written than oral assignments.”

“Artistic talent is far more common than the talent toartistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult.”

Stephen King book 11/22/63

“If a person is not talented enough to be a novelist, not smart enough to be a lawyer, and his hands are too shaky to perform operations, he becomes a journalist.”

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate

“If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent”

Isaac Newton (1643–1727) British physicist and mathematician and founder of modern classical physics

“Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.”

Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss poet

“Nothing infuriates an academic more than a talented and successful colleague.”

William McKeen (1954) American academic

“I am no more humble than my talents require.”

Oscar Levant (1906–1972) American comedian, composer, pianist and actor

“Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone”

Mario Puzo The Godfather

“My children's books are written on the belief that every child has a talent and a passion. Each story unfolds into an adventure of nurturing that confidence until a passion blooms.”

Masiela Lusha (1985) Albanian actress, writer, author

“Strength is not energy. Some writers have more muscles than talent.”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist