“In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.”– Marya Mannes Related Quotes “Writing is Amazing!When I write I am empowered by my thoughts, entertained by my imagination, and enlightened by my wisdom.”— Theresa Lewis “Why is joy not considered a fit subject for an artist?”— Eugene Manlove Rhodes “A man’s power is in the half-light, in the half-seen movements of his hand and the unguessed-at expression of his face. It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”— Hilary Mantel