And then the work came in. Memorize the 20 amino acids, learn the molecular orbital theory details, do a stack of flash cards encompassing a hundred organic chemistry synthesis reactions. And the bloom fell off the rose. The really unpalatable thing that had entered into my relationship with chemistry was a delay of gratification. Because everyone's smart.
Talent is everywhere.
You have to work. And hardly anyone likes that. Later, when I fell in love with the with the written word, the work came easily. I wrote 500 pages in wide-ruled diaries. I wrote over a bunch of columns for this newspaper and a few alumni magazine articles.