“Most of the characteristics which make for success in writing are precisely those which we are all taught to repress ... the firm belief that you are an important person, that you are a lot smarter than most people, and that your ideas are so damned important that everybody should listen to you.” PeopleShouldWritingPersonsImportantIdeasBeliefTaughtFirmCharacteristicsSmarterImportant PersonFirm Beliefs Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time. I'd be very afraid to write from a position where I consciously thought I was smarter than most of my readers.” PeopleThinkingWritingPositionReaderSmarter Author:Susan Sontag