“Does talent have any need of passions? Yes, of many passions — repressed.”

“Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?”

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”

“The Italians are not passionate: passion has deep reserves. They are easily moved, and often affectionate, but they rarely have any abiding passion of any sort.”

“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“I have so much respect of his talent, his passion, the strength of his voice.”

“You've got passion to kill but you need to find passion to live.”

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”

“Too many people believe that they have to wait until they are wealthy to follow their passion, when in fact, it will be their passion that will make them wealthy.”

“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.”