She had an unequalled gift, usually pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into opportunities.

Brilliant creations are often born of small errors.

She had that rare virtue of never existing completely except for that opportune moment

Musicians, actors, athletes, philosophers, scientists, writers understand that brilliant creations are often born of small errors.

Though he was by no means a sloppy type was gifted with the special capability of making many mistakes, mostly in the right direction. I envied him for this, and tried in vain to imitate him, but found it quite difficult to make good mistakes.

Her fluency was marvelous. She would say things at random, intricate, flamelike, or slide off into a parenthetical limbo peppered with fireworks — admirable linguistic feats which a practiced writer might struggle for hours to achieve.

Romance at short notice was her speciality.

It is the privilege of true genius, and certainly of the genius that opens a new road, to make without punishment great mistakes.

She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.

She was a lucky woman who had established a happy knack of writing what quite a lot of people wanted to read.

Too old to dream of perfection, perhaps, she had instead discovered a certain delicious appeal in flaws.

and she always had a way with her brokenness. She would take her pieces and make them beautiful.

Clearly we missed something." "You have a fine talent for understatement.

My mistakes have been my greatest mentors.