Malcolm Cowley

Going back to Hemingway's work after several years is like going back to a brook where you had often fished and finding the woods as deep and cool as they used to be. ↗

— Malcolm Cowley

#life

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

— Malcolm Cowley

#different #down #earlier #life #long

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

— Malcolm Cowley

#distrust #kind #kittens #like #other

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

#be kind #book #considerate #criticism #good

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

— Malcolm Cowley

#possess #possesses #talent #you

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

#lose #mind #miss #much #older

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

— Malcolm Cowley

#been #chapel #copy #equivalent #jackson