“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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