But in Roth's case beauty and charm don't seem to have hurt. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not.
Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education alone will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. In our interview she whipped out a notebook with a river of ink running through its pages. Perhaps it is this river that leads to the road of success, the tricks of the trade.