Approach Quote by Arvind Ethan David

I think Douglas [Douglas Adams] was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that…

— Lalla Ward

Douglas Adams did not enjoy writing, and he enjoyed it less as time went on. He was a bestselling, acclaimed, and much-loved novelist who…

— Douglas Adams

The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.

— Sigmund Freud

Many a real genius is lost in the fictitious character of the Gentleman. I am the most inconsistent, changeable being so full of fits…

— Thomas Gainsborough

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?

— Len Wein

Genius is talent in which character makes itself heard.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

The whole genius of an author consists in describing well, and delineating character well. Homer, Plato, Virgil, Horace only excel other writers by their…

— Jean de la Bruyere

He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a…

— Simon Callow

“Originality, not Intelligence, is the sign of a brilliant Author. All the Education in the world won't help someone who can't think for themselves.”

— A.M. Sawyer

[John] Adams was the best and most colorful stylist among the Founders. Although [Tomas] Jefferson is widely regarded as the smoothest writer, Adams is…

— Gordon S. Wood

Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

— Anonymous

A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?

— Arthur Schopenhauer