Maybe one day I could make a film which works at the…

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

— Francois Truffaut

To what extent a film works is beyond me. My first film 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne' did wonders at the box office. Then 'Chocolate' was…

— Tanushree Dutta

American literature has been, and is, singularly deficient in established critics who have anything like a rational conception of their jobs. The majority, initiate…

— Burton Rascoe

Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.

— George Herbert

Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.

— Edward Abbey

Many critics are like woodpeckers, who, instead of enjoying the fruit and shadow of a tree, hop incessantly around the trunk, pecking holes in…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

— Christopher Hampton

I must never change my way - because of critics who may not like it - I preserve my language and my style.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.

— John Updike

Sometimes the critics will like a film, and the public doesn't come. Sometimes the critics won't like the film, and the public will come.…

— Woody Allen

Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.

— John Legend

It's better to do a film that works.

— Mahesh Babu

Film works when a director and a star have a connection. You know, when there's something telekinetic between them, there's a partnership, it's like…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

A film only works when its content works. The visuals can be breathtaking, but if the content is not good, it won't work.

— Bobby Deol

I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.

— Mahesh Babu