Beauty Quote by Norman Mailer

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.

— Carl Sandburg

“A writer is a genius not when critics say so, but when her or his book pierces your heart and rips off your blindness…

— Ksenia Anske

It appears to me that strong sense and acute sensibility together constitute genius.

— George Pope Morris

Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors.

— Milan Kundera

“If we read the new masterpiece of a man of genius, we are delighted to find in it those reflections of ours that we…

— Alain de Botton

It requires more than mere genius to be an author.

— Jean de la Bruyere

We don't genuinely need more literary geniuses. One can only read so many books in a lifetime.

— Bill James

A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.

— Ambrose Bierce

“One of the most egregiously stupid books I've ever come across. I would recommend reading this only because it's the epitome of all that…

— Kris Saknussemm

I never bought the idea of individual genius from which the novel spews forth. It's always an act of curation.

— Zadie Smith

“genius is much more than high intelligence, innate talent, extraordinary work ethic, or uncanny luck, but rather a composite manifestation; a synthesis of very…

— Sean Patrick

“character-driven idea fascinated Barrios. It suggested that genius is much more than high intelligence, innate talent, extraordinary work ethic, or uncanny luck, but rather…

— Sean Patrick