Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Quote by George-Louis Leclerc De Buffon

Topics: Genius Quotes

The style is the man himself

The style is the man himself

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience

Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good...

Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness,...

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness,...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

Life is a series of commas, not periods.

Life is a series of commas, not periods.

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

It isn't writing at all - it's typing

It isn't writing at all - it's typing

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly...

The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly...

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.