Critics Quote by Jon Gordon

Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.

— Erica Jong

Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.

— Edna Longley

I don't feel any real animosity towards critics when they write negative things. I think some are more perceptive than others. Some are very…

— Peter Doig

Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

— Maya Angelou

The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in…

— Chris Rock

Any negative review you write, they'll say, "Oh, you're being so mean." I think the problem with a lot of criticism is that too…

— Jerry Saltz

Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works…

— Karl Kraus

It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can…

— Mitchell Hurwitz

I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it-how…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

The writer will write in his or her words, but the readers, even when they are not reading you, will take it elsewhere entirely.

— Amitava Kumar

I've always enjoyed stories that take place in the future but my one disappointment was that the future books described never came. We're not…

— Albert Brooks

“Why dwell on the future, when we have yet to write the future”

— P.A. Henley