Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it.
Source: In Black Women Writers at Work, ed. C. Tate, 1983.
-- Maya Angelou, (Apr 4 1928-2014), US actress, author; She wrote autobiographical best-sellers including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1970.