Malcolm Cowley Quotes

"Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down."
- Malcolm Cowley
(Related: Age, Life)

"Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens."
- Malcolm Cowley
(Related: Distrust)

"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
(Related: Criticism)

"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
(Related: Talent, Genius)