Writing Quote by Michel de Montaigne

“I don't write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am--though I am rather clever and well read as…

— John Heath-Stubbs

“What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.”

— Idries Shah

“The stupidest people suddenly become a little cleverer when we learn that they think well of us”

— Jude Morgan

“Being clever was, after all, my primary source of self-esteem. I’m a very sad person, in all senses of the word, but at least…

— Alice Oseman

“Clever is when one is crafty enough to mistake your imagination for intelligence. Smart is when one assumes they are too educated to notice…

— Kerry E. Wagner

“It wasn't that I wanted to be a writer; I just didn't want to be stupid.”

— David Carr

“Clever people are entertaining and stupid ones give me such a pleasant sense of superiority.”

— Gwen Bristow

“If all good people were clever; and all clever people were good, the world would be nicer than ever what it possibly could. But…

— Elizabeth Wordsworth

“The ever so slightly stupid will act more stupidly in clever company.”

— Joe Abercrombie

“You don’t have to be a brilliant writer; just don’t be boring.”

— Don Roff

“Smart is overrated. Most of the harm done in this world is done by people who fancy themselves smart. And they are—book smart. But…

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“I want a writer to trust my intelligence. After all, I trust her/his skill to entertain me.”

— Aleksandr Voinov