Creativity is like any other human talent – it takes an enormous amount of effort to develop.
– Jonah Lehrer
Tag: talent
Quotable 388
Embrace imperfection and playfulness and write what makes you feel passionate without worrying about genre, qualifications, or talent.
– Delilah S. Dawson
Quotable 290
There is nothing new in art except talent.
– Anton Chekhov
Quotable 242
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
– Stephen King
Quotable 210
The beginning writer needs talent, application and aspirin.
– James Thurber
Quotable 97
Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing.
– Donald Hall
Fiction: Stringing Him Along
Ed had been keeping a loose eye on the young black man outside his store for nearly an hour.
The man was maybe in his mid-20s and was dressed casually: tattered blue jeans, a dark purple shirt, and an old jean jacket. He was standing near the public bench on the sidewalk as though he were waiting for someone. And while he waited, he was giving a quietly impressive display of his abilities with a yo-yo.
He checked his space before doing an Around the World, making sure he wouldn’t hit anyone or anything. He Walked the Dog in a little circle around himself, and even walked it around a bored collie tied up at the other end of the bench. Then a Pinwheel and a Skin the Cat.