Amateurs hope. Professional work.
Amateur feed on hope. Professionals work.
The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent.
I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.
As is the case with all original creators, Charles Chaplin's working life was an amalgam of arrogant self-confidence and deflating self-doubt.
There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.