John Selden Quotes

One cannot learn how to be creative by reading Marx. Either one is creative or one is not.

I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.

Some people learn comedy, and some people just are comedy.

Comedy is not something that a person can fake or learn how to do.

I don't think comedy is something you learn. I think it's something that's either there or it's not.

Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.

Teaching someone to be funny is like teaching someone to be fast. They're already fast. You're just making them faster.

I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.

You can't teach someone to be imaginative.

Some people are natural-born punchers and I think I've always had it.

Leadership is a trait; it's not a skill.

Comedy just comes naturally, so I've always gravitated to comedy.

You're either good at boxing, or you're not.

I've always known from a young age that creativity is natural.

Innate is a segment of the All-Wise; Educated is an offspring of innate, a servant for its lifetime only. Educated continues with and lasts as long as life exists; Innate is eternal, always was and always will be.

I love what I do, and I never thought about doing anything else. I think my voice was bestowed upon me; it was a gift I was given. I just had to learn to understand how to use it.

O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet the Evening listens.

Cooking isn’t taught,” Patch said. “It’s inherent. Either you’ve got it or you don’t. Like chemistry. You think you’re ready for chemistry?” I pressed the knife down through the tomato; it split in two, each half rocking gently on the cutting board. “You tell me. Am I ready for chemistry?” Patch made a deep sound I couldn’t decipher and grinned.

I think the people that are best at something, they don't think about it much. That's the whole key to being good at anything.

I see someone like John Williams, the classical player, and the amount of discipline and the natural ability that man has is so frightening. That requires so much natural talent. And I think my talent came from just practising, and I feel a bit intimidated when I see players that good.

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

I like words and numbers. I'm obsessed with them. You know, I think I would've been a mathematician had I kept up, but it's the stuff in your head, you know? It's like being technologically adept. You have it or you don't. You can learn it, but some people just have it. They go to sleep, wake up, and know everything. I like games, too. I love playing games.

I remember the revelation it was to me when I realized I'd rather be smart in the way Elvis Presley was than in the way, say, Ludwig Wittgenstein was. The thing was, you could imagine you could be smart like Wittgenstein by just thinking hard enough, but Elvis just had it. It was almost spiritual. A kind of grace.

I think I have a natural ability to lead.

If you are going to try and change things, you had better have your wits about you.