The severest critics are always those who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Scorn not the sonnet. Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Every writer's got to pay some attention, I suppose, to what his critics say because theirs is a reflection of what the… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
It's much tougher to be a restaurant critic now. You have to take a subway out to Brooklyn. I wouldn't want to… — Mimi Sheraton Copy Share Image
Never discuss Scientology with the critic. Just discuss his or her crimes, known and unknown. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The evolution of social media into a robust mechanism for social transformation is already visible. Despite many adamant critics who insist that… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Politkovskaya was a known critic of the administration. For this reason, one cannot rule out the possibility that someone would want to… — Alexander Lebedev Copy Share Image
Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say… — James Payn Copy Share Image
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
A lot of critics sometimes get into analyzing the way actors direct versus non-actors directing. And they really always miss it. It's… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I'm an actor and a writer and a showrunner and I edit my show. ... I have a job that three people… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is… — Reginald Farrer Copy Share Image
I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
As a critic, I try to stay neutral about movies before I see them, but I really wanted "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" to… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me,… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
In my experience when critics raise these objections, they invariably violate one of seventeen principles for interpreting the Scriptures…For example, assuming the… — Norman Geisler Copy Share Image
Americans have a taste for…rocking-chairs. A flippant critic might suggest that they select rocking-chairs so that, even when they are sitting down,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A critic can call any poem 'doggerel.' That is no more than a slur. 'Doggerel' or 'maudlin' or 'sappy' or 'sentimental' is… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
When critics or people judge, I think it's harder to make a commercial, pop movie than it is to make a pretentious… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
Critics' points of view can be one thing today and be very different in a few years. — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
This is not Tolstoy. I don't want to know what critics and professors think of what I'm writing. It might hurt my… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I'd actually really love to review books and films and plays, but you can't be an artist and a critic. I would… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Movies, far more than the traditional arts, are tied to big money. Without a few independent critics, there's nothing between the public… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
If a faultless poem could be produced, I am satisfied it would tire the critics themselves; and annoy the whole reading world… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails. — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
Being an artist, it's always tempting to measure success through other people's eyes, be they critics, journalists or audiences. — Sara Blecher Copy Share Image
The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other.. I was a cartoon character. A joke. — Ann-Margret Copy Share Image
The stage has a certain discipline. But the ultimate standard is more exacting in film, because you have to see yourself and… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their… — Dennis Potter Copy Share Image
When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble. — John Crowe Ransom Copy Share Image
I'm not worried about what the critics say, or how they feel I should go with my career. — Terence Crawford Copy Share Image
“Hate the critics? I have nothing but compassion for them. How can one hate the crippled, the mentally deficient, and the dead?” — Ronald Harwood Copy Share Image
“the best and worst critics I had was in the Marine Corps, If you can share poetry to a bunch of opinionated… — Vincent Breit Copy Share Image
“This world is filled with critics already; being an encourager is what we need to be.” — The Idealist Merchant Copy Share Image
