Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Above everything else I've done, I've always said I've had more guts than I've got talent.
Character is more important than talent.
Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.
In politics, guts is all.
If I am to choose two words that best describes myself, they are 'self-esteem' and 'guts.' Guts helped me become a global model.
I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
There's no substitute for guts.
It's one thing to be talented, but the other thing is connections - with agents, with people; that's what makes a difference, and from the beginning, I've had wonderful representation.
Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.