Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like…

“Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking what a fire hydrant feels about dogs.”

— Ann Landers

Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp post how it feels about dogs

— Ann Landers

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs

— John Osborne

“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs." [ Time Magazine , October 31, 1977]”

— John Osborne

Photographers do themselves a disservice by talking too much about the equipment they use. Consequently people don't take them seriously as creators in their…

— Peter Turnley

“Asking a writer why they like to write {in the theoretical sense of the question} is like asking a person why they breathe. For…

— Rachel Heffington

Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.

— Eugene Delacroix

“once heard someone say that criticism is like a nut surrounded by a hard shell. The hard shell represents a projected experience from a…

— Chris Guillebeau

“Criticism, like swearing, is actually nothing more than a bad habit.”

— Richard Carlson

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

— Frank A. Clark

To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.

— John Mason Brown

Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Criticism is like medicine. It’s poison unless carefully administered at the right dose.

— Michael Hyatt

“Chances are like criticism; few like to take it, some love to give it, yet most never see it.”

— Carl Henegan

“Philosophy without criticism is like hunting deer without a shotgun, so, if you want people to like you, avoid robust philosophical debate.”

— Julian Baggini