“...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”
“There's no "magic secret"; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day—bored, tired, weary, or with a fever of a hundred and two.”
“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”
“Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy”
“Most everything means nothing, except some things that mean everything.”
“Hard work and perseverance trumps talent most of the time. Talent plus hard work? Virtually unstoppable.”