“Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none”

“Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.”

“You could become internationally famous - you're Gemini, and according to antique authority have a literary talent, which of course your letters prove.”

“If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.”

“You don’t have to prove anything to me. Keep your clothes on.”

“The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft." - Will Smith”