What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.
Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.
Someone once said that death is God's way of telling you to slow down. I do enjoy what I do, and the secret of my success is the willingness to grind work out.
There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely the responsibility of a director but also a producer.
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.
Strategy will compensate the talent.
The talent will never compensate the strategy.
The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.
I am filled with hatred for money, for battleships, for industry, for factories, for the grind, grind, grind of the machine on all our creative instincts.
Things like lack of leadership and a lack of the willingness to evolve, they’re so used to keeping people within the constraints of the idea that has been the same idea for a thousand years.
More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.
Few lack talent, but most people lack the vision and perseverance to develop their talents.
It takes time, it's a grind. There are no shortcuts. You've got to grind and grind.
Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.
It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.
I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most of the things that stop an inexperienced writer are so far from the truth as to be nearly beside the point. When you feel glosbal doubt about your talent, that is your talent. People who have no talent don't have any doubt.