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"Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings, it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky."

"This was genius at close quarters, and genius had that something above normal in it that was a great strain upon the ordinary mind and feeling. All five were different from each other, yet each had that curious quality of burning intensity, the single-mindedness of purpose that made such a terrifying impression. She did not know whether it were a quality of brain or rather a quality of outlook, of intensity. But each of them, she thought, was in his or her way a passionate idealist."

"Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one."

"A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression."

"A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it."

"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one."

"Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it."

"I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?"
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"Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel."

"Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me."

"I was thrilled, because I like the big screen and I could then move on to the next thing. It was the biggest break for me. In a way, though, I wish it had been a TV series because then you are working for five years."

"I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that."

"Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back."

"One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good."

"Basically, they had asked me if I would shave my head or wear a bald cap. I said look, if you are doing a series for five years I would want to shave my hair because I would go bald with all the gum and glue from the bald cap."
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