“We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents.”
Eric Hoffer
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Intense desire not only creates its own possibilities, but its own talents. Don't be afraid to do something just because it's impossible.”
Kobi Yamada
“[…] his own father told him that talent is sort of a dark gift, that talent is its own expectation: it is there from the start and either lived up to or lost.”
David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
“A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work.”
Daphne du Maurier
The "Rebecca" Notebook: And Other Memories
“Good fiction creates its own reality.”
Nora Roberts
The Stanislaski Brothers: Mikhail and Alex
“Bob's talent, such as it is, consists entirely of the few unconscious charms of youth: its energy, audacity and complete inability to recognize its own shortcomings.”
Meg Rosoff
There Is No Dog