Critic Quotes

477 quotes by 384 authors

I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic. — Jack Lemmon
I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being… — Ken Burns
A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature. — Lawrence Durrell
I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic… — John Lahr
If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility. — Leonard Maltin
I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the… — Josh Peck
Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet. — John Crowe Ransom
I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those… — Jo Stafford
I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a… — Jennifer Weiner
With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always , 'They just made an album and… — Angus Young
The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of… — Criss Jami
An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins. — Criss Jami
A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers. — Patrick Kavanagh
Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all, a great stylist,… — Greil Marcus
Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind… — Nat King Cole
I'm an entrepreneur first and a wine critic second. — Gary Vaynerchuk
I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you… — Glen Hansard
Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye. — Douglas Sirk
Writing is so wrapped up in ego, but with math one is just trying to get it right, although you're often wrong. I think math… — Bonnie Jo Campbell
It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic. — Devon Aoki

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