Critical Quote by Raymond Chandler

I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.

— Ma Jian

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art. Critical…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“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

If you spend your life with academics, when you step outside, you realise there is this huge general readership that is almost impossible to…

— Tom Paulin

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world…

— Joseph Addison

The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of…

— Anonymous

Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other,…

— Ezra Pound

If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see…

— John Ciardi

But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job.

— Anonymous