Authors Quote by Peter Davis Download Open image ““all that really matters to me is that there are critics.”” — Peter Davis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authors Writers
“There is something essentially ridiculous about critics, anyway: what is good is good without our saying so, and beneath all our majesty we know… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“I think that's what changed you, Beth. Your job. The film critic. Critics are parasites. They live off other people's creativity. They bring nothing… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“No one criticizes someone he believes beneath him. Therefore, change your outlook about your critics. They really believe that you matter.” — Assegid Habtewold Copy Share Image
“When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Don't listen to critics. Their job is to critique. You're a writer. Your job is to write.” — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
“I think this point is so important, I'm going to repeat it: You should never listen to criticism that is primarily intended to wound,… — Robin Stern Copy Share Image
“The problem with this poem, from your perspective, must be its lack of financial value. I guess my problem with you, from my perspective,… — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“I feel pretty good about it so far, but it's been a little harder to write than I'd hoped.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“I wait for this rare and fleeting event because I can't think of anything else worth waiting for.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“I do feel like I have important, beautiful things to say about the world, I just can't think of them at this particular instant.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“One can't ever be sure what is more valuable: what has gone away, or what remains.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“Holding me, as it were, within the infinite hope of your plausibility.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“Allow this poem to carry you beyond yourself, transcending your mortal flesh as you wed yourself with the potentially infinite.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“I would like to make you more aware of yourself as a human, and thus, ultimately a better person.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“Poetry has isolated me from the world more than it has connected me to it.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“This might make for an awkward situation. I have a talent for awkward situations.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
“It's beautiful to transcend generations and to just be inside an artistic work, together, enjoying what only a great artistic work can provide.” — Peter Davis Copy Share Image
The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“Today if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your faith up, look up,… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“By their very nature, idiots do not have the intellectual capacity to identify genius. All that idiots are mentally equipped to recognize are other… — Dermot Davis Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?" "Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be your truth… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“How long has it been since you and me? Hugs and kisses. Blankets and snuggles. Our sparks smoldering without a fireplace. Losing time is… — 2019 Fidelis O Mkparu Copy Share Image
“Authors: The only people you thank for leaving you emotionally devastated.” — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
“Authors, reviews are not for you. They are not for you. Authors, reviews are not for you.” — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
“I like to read as much as I can from every genre. That way, I can express my love for all writers.” — Jen Selinsky Copy Share Image
“A writer writes regardless... even though... notwithstanding... despite... at any rate... anyhow... nevertheless... in the face of... undeterred by... heedless of... and because. The… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image