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"I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."
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"Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary."
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"However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once."
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"Put the right people in the right positions to ensure their personal strengths and talents are being utilized and appreciated."
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"All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent."
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"I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent."
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"There is a difference between talented people and gifted people.Talented people are good AT something, Gifted people ARE that something."
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"I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people."
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"If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, and there was the documentary world."
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"It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen."
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"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
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"Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good."
Artist
"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one."
Mother
"People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music."
Music
"Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success."
Success
"We've survived by believing our life is going to get better."
Life
"One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it."
Criticism
"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."
Heart
"Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out."
Time
"All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."
Lie
"We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry."
Dance
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