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"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

"All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House."

"An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself."

"You're a Genius all the time."

"He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better."

"There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure."

"Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred."
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"When I was growing up watching Marilyn Monroe, I learned that you can be very beautiful, very glamorous and very vulnerable and not give up your soul just because you were a movie star."


"I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase."


"A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer."


"I'm on Governor Gray Davis' California Alliance Towards Education to bring the arts back to high schools."


"Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry."


"I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published."


"I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained."


"My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression."


"I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity."


"So, I think that Marilyn, what she gave the world, and in many ways Kennedy too, was that they had dreams and they didn't allow anybody to take away their dreams."
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