Criticism Quote by John Osborne

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.

— Christopher Hampton

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.

— Christopher Hampton

Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp post how it feels about dogs

— Ann Landers

“Asking a working writer what he feels about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.”

— John Osborne

Ask a writer what he thinks about critics and the answer you get is similar to what you get when you ask a lamppost…

— Bert Sugar

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

— John Osborne

“Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs." [ Time Magazine , October 31, 1977]”

— John Osborne

“Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking what a fire hydrant feels about dogs.”

— Ann Landers

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

— Paulo Coelho

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.

— Jeffrey Robinson

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

— Ksenia Anske

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

— Joyce Carol Oates