Flannery-o-connor Quote by Truman Capote

Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of…

— Truman Capote

Like many nonconformist and beat generation writers, William S. Burroughs takes the outcasts of society as his theme.

— William S. Burroughs

Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.

— Jack Kerouac

The other guy I dug a lot was Burroughs because he was a smart man already; he learned it through the druggie pool -…

— Gregory Corso

Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of…

— Brendan Fraser

Burroughs's voice is hard, derisive, inventive, free, funny, serious, poetic, indelibly American.

— Joan Didion

Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift. . . . The net result of Naked Lunch will be to make people shudder…

— Jack Kerouac

Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw…

— David Low

I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

— Mick Rock

“Talented man cannot do the work of a genius man.”

— Amit Kalantri

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don't know that I've ever heard any geniuses.

— Aretha Franklin

“The great power of Tony O’Neill is obvious to anybody, but I hope people understand what a rare, extreme talent it takes to write…

— Tony O'Neill