Alive Quote by Malcolm Cowley

“There would seem to be four stages in the composition of a story. First comes the germ of the story, then a period of…

— Malcolm Cowley

First New York was a sort of provincial capital, bigger and richer than Manchester or Marseilles, but not much different in its essential spirit.…

— Malcolm Cowley

“Everywhere was the atmosphere of a long debauch that had to end; the orchestras played too fast, the stakes were too high at the…

— Malcolm Cowley

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

— Malcolm Cowley

Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

— Malcolm Cowley

“They were learning that New York had another life, too — subterranean, like almost everything that was human in the city — a life…

— Malcolm Cowley

The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.

— Malcolm Cowley

Age is not different from earlier life as long as youre sitting down.

— 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…

— Malcolm Cowley

In matters like writing and painting, a man does what he has to do - if he has to write, why then, he writes;…

— 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…

— 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…

— Malcolm Cowley