Critique Quote by Kehinde Wiley

“novel excerpts rarely benefit from group critique. It’s one thing to get all those opinions when you’ve finished, but when you’re still in the…

— Ann Patchett

When I took over the Writers' Workshop, it was one little class and there were eight students. All of them, brilliantly untalented... I had…

— Paul Engle

“On Critique – Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t do or teach, criticize.”

— Marsha Hinds

Some of the things I liked in my years as a student in workshops: the occasional in-class prompt; discussions about what it means to…

— Mary J. Miller

“I’ve always thought that a close-reading course should at least be a companion, if not an alternative, to the writing workshop. Though it also…

— Francine Prose

I went to a liberal arts college wherein grading was qualitative and we had to write our own evaluations.

— Carrie Brownstein

I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.

— Wynton Marsalis

“Collaborative workshops and writers' peer groups hadn't been invented when I was young. They're a wonderful invention. They put the writer into a community…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The work that I wanted to create wasn't being done then. I was too much concerned about fellow students, professors, institutional style [in Yale].

— Kehinde Wiley

“Grading doesn’t make my students better writers. Lots of practice coupled with meaningful feedback makes my students better writers.”

— Kelly Gallagher

I think that one thing I have learned as a freshman is that it is really important to collaborate.

— Terri Sewell

It's good to get critiqued, so you can get better - and I want to do that.

— Darci Lynne Farmer