I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting fame or not, and those who don't want it, don't get it.
Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down - Malcolm Cowley
Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down
- Malcolm Cowley
I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting f… - Malcolm Cowley
I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting f…
Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures. - Malcolm Cowley
Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.
A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a fixed place in the community wants to acquire… - Malcolm Cowley
A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a fixed place in the community wants to acquire…
The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood. - Malcolm Cowley
The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
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
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.
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
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.
Any fiction should be a story. In any story there are three elements: persons, a situation, and the fact that in the end something has changed. If no… - Malcolm Cowley
Any fiction should be a story. In any story there are three elements: persons, a situation, and the fact that in the end something has changed. If no…
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
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.
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