More and more people think of the critic as an indispensable middle man between writer and reader, and would no more read… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people. — John Legend Copy Share Image
In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant… — Alex Cox Copy Share Image
Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think everyone does selective reading. Everybody has a filter, and that is real easy for critics to see things from their… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
In terms of talking about what our politics has become, it now seems as if Barack Obama is starting to stand outside… — Gloria Borger Copy Share Image
Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever silence critics. They'll be critics in the morning. That's part of the deal. — Mack Brown Copy Share Image
Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The… — James Purdy Copy Share Image
I'm not going to worry about the critics until some of my peers start saying I'm a softie. — Don Shula Copy Share Image
Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Some people we define as trolls are just critics. Sometimes they have a point. And I hear them. But for the ones… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I love commercial music! I can dissect it and criticize it with any critic in the business. But without any thought, I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
In the arts, you simply cannot secure your bread and your freedom of action too. You cannot be a hostile critic of… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Sometimes the critics will like a film, and the public doesn't come. Sometimes the critics won't like the film, and the public… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
