Between the lines Quote by Chris Rock

“Don't listen to critics. Their job is to critique. You're a writer. Your job is to write.”

— Ksenia Anske

Critics are critics: their job is to find things wrong with people.

— Ed Kowalczyk

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think…

— Duke Ellington

Critics should find meaningful work.

— John Grisham

Critics help you progress: you end up working more; you want to show them they are wrong.

— Marouane Fellaini

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

— Paul Emsley

Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing.

— Joyce Carol Oates

A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first…

— Willem Dafoe

CRITICS are people who aren't happy with themselves and love to find faults in others.

— Nishan Panwar

Critics are not creators. They rarely write great novels, invent new technologies, or come up with a great business idea.

— Jacqueline Leo

I don't read critics, and I don't care what they say. You can't let them steal your soul. You do what the director and…

— Blythe Danner

“When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.”

— Shannon L. Alder