There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep.
When James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' turned out to be largely bunk, critics everywhere secretly rejoiced. They knew it, they said.
We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
All the world's a stage, and all the clergymen critics.
I don't really think about the critics or the commercial success.
Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
Young people need models, not critics.
Sociological critics are waste makers.
My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do.
For many artists and critics, beauty is a discredited idea. It denotes the saccharine sylvan scenes and cheesy melodies that appealed to Granny.
It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics.
Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists.
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.
Critics established a snobbery toward me.
If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting.
