Ben Mezrich Quotes

The most successful people are so original.

If you could do 'Moving Too Fast' and 'Nobody Needs To Know' really, really well, you kind of knew you would make it someday, somehow!

I'm tryna be the biggest artist I could be.

It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to learn how to persist and persevere and keep on working until the work is done... I bet there isn't a single highly successful person who has not depended on grit. Nobody is talented enough to not have to work hard, and that's what grit allows you to do.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year.

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

I think I'm happiest when there are really talented people around.

I think when one has talent one finally breaks through; so don't pass up any opportunity to do some work.

I am the best film director in the world.

People who can write a book usually do.

Making shots counts, but not as much as the people who make them.

Do work that you are proud of with your talented friends.

You don't become a rock star for no reason.

Never be frightened by those you assume have more talent than you do, because in the end energy will prevail. My formula is: energy plus talent and you are a king; energy and no talent and you are still a prince; talent and no energy and you are a pauper.

Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.

That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.

It depends on what your dream might be, as to whether or not it's still possible when you're, say, fifty or sixty. You won't ever pitch for the big leagues, for example. But I believe anyone, regardless of age, can write if he or she is willing to do the work, and I'm talking about spending at least an hour or two at it almost every day for five to ten years.

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

patience is an integral part of talent.

Genius is the father of a heavenly line, but the mortal mother, that is industry.

If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius.

I never had a doubt in my mind. I always knew that, with the right material, I could pop a hit.

In creative endeavors luck is a skill.