Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens
Malcolm CowleyWriting offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.
Malcolm CowleyBe 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 CowleyA 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 a glorious past just as he acquires antique furniture. By that past he is reassured of his present importance; in it he finds strength to face the dangers that lie in front of him.
Malcolm Cowley