“I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored in cultural anthropology which of course meant more masks and dancing. I studied what interested me and so I had to become a writer because my education had left me unsuited for a decent well-paying job.” WellsJobsCoursesLeftStudyTalentCollegePeriodsDramaDancingDecentMaskDroppingAnthropologyDropping Out Author:Elizabeth Hand
“I do think opportunity breeds bravery. It's such a competitive profession, no one owes you anything, talent in itself is not enough. I went to drama school with so many great actors who are not doing it anymore and it's circumstantial.” ThinkingEnoughSchoolActorsOpportunityTalentDramaBraveryProfessionGreat Actors Author:David Oyelowo
“To try something longer, I entered a half-hour radio drama contest with the national public broadcaster, CBC. To my surprise, I won. And that opened doors in film and television, because that broadcaster was looking to cultivate new Canadian talent, especially women who could write.” WritingTryingFilmHoursHalfDoorsTalentTelevisionDramaSurpriseRadioContestsHalf HoursBroadcastersFilm And TelevisionOpened DoorsCbc Author:Karen Walton
“The career I chose was a drama major in college, at Yale, when I played a 90-year-old woman. One of my most celebrated roles. Then I played a really fat person. I played a lot of different things. That's how I thought I loved to wrangle my talent, my need to express myself. I like to do it that way.” WayNeedsYearsPersonsDifferentCareersRolesTalentCollegeDramaMajorsFatsDifferent ThingsOld WomanYale Author:Meryl Streep
“I know people who've passed every creative writing course under the sun and who are more analytically intelligent and far better-read than I, but who just can't write either fiction or drama. It's like any art-form. In order for talent to be developed, crafted, it's got to be there in the first place.” PeopleKnowsWritingFirstsArtFormOrderCoursesFictionSunCreativeTalentDramaIntelligentCreative Writing Author:Suhayl Saadi