“Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know.” ThinkingKnowsWorldTalentPossibilityRaisesExtraordinaryStrangerRangeYou Think You Know Author:Jonathan Franzen
“God's highest gifts--talent, beauty, feeling, imagination, power--they carry with them the possibility of the highest heaven and the lowest hell. Be sure that it is by that which is highest in you that you may be lost.” MayGodFeelingsLostHeavenImaginationHellTalentPossibilityHighestLowest Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series
“One of the most wicked destructive forces, psychologically speaking, is unused creative power ... If someone has a creative gift and out of laziness, or for some other reason, doesn't use it, the psychic energy turns to sheer poison. That's why we often diagnose neuroses and psychotic diseases as not-lived higher possibilities.” IfsReasonUseTurnsEnergyForceCreativityPowerCreativePsychologyTalentPossibilityHigherDiseasePoisonWickedDestructiveLazinessSheerGiftedPsychicsInactionDiagnosisNeurosisPsychoticCreative PowerCreativenessInactivityGiftedness Author:Marie-Louise von Franz
“... the genius never makes anything new, but always something that is just different, and the average talents provide him the possibility within which his genius condenses into achievements.” DifferentTalentPossibilityGeniusAchievementAverage Book:Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses Source: Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses
“In film, the possibilities are greater. You can go beyond the fourth wall. You can go to these incredible locations and you're put into circumstances that are physically sensuous. It sometimes requires much more of a physical talent.” SometimesFilmGreaterTalentPossibilityWallCircumstancesIncrediblesFourthLocationSensuous Author:Kim Cattrall