Quotes by 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.
• Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
• Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens.
• 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.
• It would have been the equivalent of Jackson Pollock's attempts to copy the Sistine Chapel.
• Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.