Robert BenchleyIt took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
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Sigmund Freud said, “It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.” He was referring to the fact that he had committed so much of his life to his career in medicine and science, but he could not give it up because he was too famous.
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