Lynda Obst - nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient

nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.

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Obst, Lynda. Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches. Broadway Books, 1996.

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