“Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success.” WritingSelfRealizingNovelWonderfulGeniusDecadesJealousSelf AbsorbedBeing Jealous Author:Louise Penny
“Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.” GivingPlayWonderfulColorGeniusOppositesRainbowFreemanColors Of The Rainbow Author:Lara Pulver
“I must suppose that reading wonderful writers may, inadvertently, teach an avid reader a great deal -- not only about life and other matters, but about how to write. Therefore doubtless I have benefited from frequent immersions in the glowing genius of others. It would be nice to think so. (I do actually think so). But to improve my skills will never be the prompting force of my reading -- that's just literary lust.” ThinkingWritingMayMatterWould BeReadingForceDealsTeachNiceWonderfulReaderGeniusSkillsLustBeing NiceGlowingAvidImmersion Author:Tanith Lee
“Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a social setting and criticizes it without - I suspect - without letting himself be vulnerable to it.” FilmSocialStepsWonderfulGeniusCriticsSettingSettingsVulnerablePoeticSuspectsCriticizeWoody Author:Mel Brooks
“We're often afraid to do anything unless we know we can do it extremely well. But we get to Carnegie Hall by practicing. I remember how freeing it was several years ago to read in an interview with Joan Baez that some of Bob Dylan's early songs weren't so wonderful. We have this image of genius springing fully grown out of Zeus' forehead.” KnowsYearsWellsRememberSongCan DoWonderfulGeniusYears AgoInterviewsHallsBobDylanForeheadsZeusCarnegieCarnegie Hall Author:Marianne Williamson
“A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.” BookVoiceWonderfulWrittenModernGeniusKingsStorytellingGenreDickensModern Day Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in the Mojave Desert. And SpaceShipOne was born and had three flights into space that won something called the X Prize. And from there, we're building SpaceShipTwo, which is ... a beautiful spaceship that is very, very, very nearly completed and will be ready from about next Christmas onwards to start taking people into space.” PeopleEnoughBeautifulThreeNextBornSpaceWonderfulBuildingReadyGeniusFlightDesertFortunatePrizeSpaceshipsWeird PeopleMojave Author:Richard Branson