Books Quote by Michael Hersch

The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might…

— Craig Brown

“Everybody has the right to form their own opinion and read what they like and come to their own conclusion about it... I trust…

— Philip Pullman

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

— Irwin Shaw

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

— Shannon L. Alder

“The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to…

— C.S. Lewis

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her…

— Jodi Picoult

Critics, at least generally, want to regard works of fiction as independent entities, whose virtues and failures must be reckoned apart from the circumstances…

— Paul Di Filippo

You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.

— Nicolas Cage

Yea, there is no way you can get away from critics. It's all over the net. Sometimes it's useful to read things, good or…

— Alexandre Desplat

“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing those qualities…

— David Cecil

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to…

— Mandy Patinkin

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.

— Mitch Albom