Ability Quote by Robert J. Flaherty

“Henry’s a perfectionist, I mean, really-really kind of inhuman — very brilliant, very erratic and enigmatic. He’s a stiff, cold person, Machiavellian, ascetic and…

— Donna Tartt

“Henry had never felt so happy. Freshperson year had been one thing, an adventure, an exhilaration, all in all a success, but it had…

— Chad Harbach

“He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others-not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to…

— C.S. Lewis

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on…

— John Keats

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which…

— Steven Pressfield

The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.

— Angus Wilson

The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them.

— Max Beerbohm

“Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it…

— Dale Carnegie

There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his…

— Natalie Dormer

I am itching to criticize some well-regarded writers' works, but I am not doing it because I am perfectly aware that my critique could…

— Aleksandar Hemon

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.

— Anonymous

As many times as I've seen 'The Merchant of Venice,' I always take Shylock's side. For all the hatred that guy is shown, he…

— John Irving