Books Quote by Ben Brantley

Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but…

— Joyce Carol Oates

People are more interested in reading bombastic ideas, whether they're positive or negative. Part of me has sort of lost interest in doing criticism…

— Chuck Klosterman

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good,…

— Kevin Bacon

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

— Emile M. Cioran

But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but…

— Fiona Apple

Nobody likes criticism but I think in my career, for the most part, I've taken it reasonably well.

— Martin O'Neill

I really support criticism as a craft and as a vocation. People who devote as much time to thinking about sound through writing as…

— Tim Hecker

You're writing for some version of yourself. You're writing the kinds of things that you like to read or wanted to read at a…

— Gary Giddins

To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other…

— Arlene Croce

I have increasingly steeled myself to criticism, but it still can sting, especially when you feel that it is unfair - or that they…

— Emily Giffin

When you are writing the kind of criticism you hope you're writing, everything depends on keeping your calm or your cool. You're trying to…

— Darryl Pinckney

I don't think of myself as a critic at all. I'm a reviewer and essayist. I mainly hope to share with others my pleasure…

— Michael Dirda