My literary criticism has become less specifically academic. I was really writing literary history in The New Poetic, but my general practice… — Christian Karlson Stead Copy Share Image
I used to obsess on critical reactions to my films, and it's really not a healthy way to live your life, so… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Critics don't really affect the fact that we live in this paradise and what the meaning of that [is]. And what luck… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I read reviews of critics I respect and feel I can learn something from. Right now there are a lot of bottom-feeder… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Humans have a saying that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", which basically means that if you think it's beautiful,… — Eoin Colfer 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
I'm my own worst critic, and if I don't pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all! — Henry James Copy Share Image
It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The dramatic critic who is without prejudice is on the plane with the general who does not believe in taking human life. — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself. I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the… — Tricia Helfer Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
A man may be as straight as an arrow, but even then he will have some critics. — Umar Copy Share Image
In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is ‘an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within… — George Frederic Watts Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn't know how to… — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The Americans only like things they can label, even if it kills them. Think of those poor Latin American writers. Some of… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like -… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
