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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.

– Malcolm Cowley

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

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

– Malcolm Cowley

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

– Malcolm Cowley

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

– Malcolm Cowley

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

– Malcolm Cowley

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