Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life. Louis Auchincloss Next Quote A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull. - Louis Auchincloss Previous Quote We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were. - Louis Auchincloss