The real issue is not talent as an independent element but talent in relationship to will desire and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long even if it is the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could but it takes devotion and talent.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry but film writing brilliant film writing is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.

Write verse not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry then don't by any means mother it but try your hand at verse.

Balance peace and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent perseverance patience but without luck you will not have a successful career.

Nature is the master of talents genius is the master of nature.

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music it informs your character and it informs your talent.

I get bored easily so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music which is a passion of mine. I've written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show which is always really fun.

I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.

If you've got a talent protect it.

Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.

The regular guy still relates to him and Howard is a $500 million guy now who dates a model and drives about in a limo all day. But Howard still knows how to make a plumber laugh and those guys still have him on in the morning because he is a real talent.

But when I felt like I had something to prove? Then I got up early every morning and worked all day long. I didn't know if I had any more talent than anyone else directing but I knew I could work hard at it and so I did.

I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.

If I have any talent at all it's from God and my mom who was on Capitol Records also.

My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

Money demands that you sell not your weakness to men's stupidity but your talent to their reason.