By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.

Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.

A genius in the wrong position could look like a fool.

The purpose of having the orphans study all these diverse fields was not for them to just become geniuses, but to become polymaths – meaning they would be geniuses in a wide variety of fields.

Genius does not need to be validated, it just needs a legal pad and a pen.

Incredibly intelligent people always seem odd to those who are not as sharp.