Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

No design, no matter how common or seemingly insignificant, is without its adamant critics as well as its ardent admirers. — Henry Petroski
Critics, at least generally, want to regard works of fiction as independent entities, whose virtues and failures must be reckoned apart from the circumstances of… — Paul Di Filippo
No one is helped when cultural critics use their voices irresponsibly. — Roxane Gay
Critics seem to forget that every love story is different - that there is uniqueness in even the most commonplace of matches. — Sarah MacLean
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then… — Henry Fielding
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them. — Jackie Collins
I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me… — Elizabeth George
I had my share of critics, and I wash my hands of the whole lot. — Frank Richard Stockton
It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge… — Paul Harris
Critics established a snobbery toward me. — Esther Williams
But critics of the war have no reason to regret their views. — Stephen Cohen
I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews. — Mark McGrath
But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and… — Gene Siskel
To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G. — Herbie Mann
Critics themselves, they used to tear me up. — Mickey Spillane
The film I think was a good film for what it was designed for. It was for kids. Unfortunately the critics slashed it before it… — Justin Guarini
For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity. — Gavin Rossdale
I think there were early critics who wanted us to change the world because the Sex Pistols failed. — Michael Stipe
My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading… — Dorothy Fields
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are. — Henry Fielding
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs. — Christopher Hampton
My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And… — Richard McCabe
I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Critics can say horrible things. It only hurts when I agree with them. — Jon Cryer

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