“Everyone thinks that having a talent is a matter of luck; no one thinks that luck could be a matter of talent.”
“Art depends on luck and talent.”
“The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.”
“You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.”
“gentlemen you don't have enough talent to win on talent alone”