Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
Source: In Theatre Arts, Feb 1958.
-- Irving Berlin, (May 11 1888-1989), US composer; He led the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals; wrote more than 800 pop songs.