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Malcolm Cowley quotes: Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.

Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.

The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.

It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: No complete son of a bitch ever wrote a good sentence.

No complete son of a bitch ever wrote a good sentence.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.

They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: But you drank your black coffee by choice, believeng that Paris was sufficient alcohol.

But you drank your black coffee by choice, believeng that Paris was sufficient alcohol.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age.

Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: Be kind and considerate with your criticism ... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism ... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

Malcolm Cowley quotes: It would have been the equivalent of Jackson Pollock's attempts to copy the Sistine Chapel.

It would have been the equivalent of Jackson Pollock's attempts to copy the Sistine Chapel.