Criticism Quote by Alexander Pope

“Another surprising fan mention came from Keith Richards, the guitarist for the Rolling Stones, who defended his dissipated lifestyle by correctly citing Churchill’s comment,…

— Thomas E Ricks

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

— Gore Vidal

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

— Anton Chekhov

I ain't no drinking man, but temptation got the best of me.

— Jimmy Buffett

You can only go with the excesses to a certain point; it wasn't always the Jack Daniels bottle. We weren't just a bunch of…

— Michael Anthony

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British Actor for twenty years

— Michael Caine

“drunk guys who may have ‘made mistakes’ nearly always get the benefit of the doubt. Drunk girls, however, do not.” Compounding”

— Jon Krakauer

There's an obvious romance to being the drinking writer. But if I'm drinking, I'm not writing.

— Liz Brixius

Sonny Boy Williamson (II) was a beautiful guy, a straight guy... (but) he was always raising hell one way or another, so you never…

— Willie Dixon

Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.

— Francis Chichester

That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain…

— Martin Luther

Drunken words are sober thoughts.

— Alison McCarthy