“The difference between a simpleton and an intelligent man, according to the man who is convinced that he is of the latter category, is that the former wholeheartedly accepts all things that he sees and hears while the latter never admits anything except after a most searching scrutiny. He imagines his intelligence to be a sieve of closely woven mesh through which nothing but the finest can pass.” MenDifferencesAcceptingImagineAll ThingsIntelligentConvincedFormerLatterCategoriesFinestWovenScrutinyWholeheartedlyIntelligent ManMeshSimpletons Book:A Writer's Nightmare: Selected Essays, 1958-1988 Source: A Writer's Nightmare: Selected Essays, 1958-1988
“No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it.” MenMeanAcceptingCriticismInvitesReally Mean Book:The Writerly Life: Selected Non-fiction Source: The Writerly Life: Selected Non-fiction
