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As lovely as people are to me about my performance, I'm still a huge critic. I like very little of what I ever do.

As the 'critic of color,' I'm frequently asked to review Indian and Pakistani writers.

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver - words like "enthralling" and "luminous.

Bad reviews I've gotten never diminished the number of people in my audience; good reviews have never added to the number of people in my audience; be your own critic.

Be a doer and not a critic.

Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

Blame is safer than praise

Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

But what those critics don't know is that these same assets that excite me in the chase often, once they are acquired, leave me bored.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

Bullfight critics row on row Fill the enormous Plaza de toros But only one is there who knows And he is the one who fights the bull.

critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.

Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!

Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.

Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.

Critics have never been able to discover a unifying theme in my films. For thatmatter, neither have I.

Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to discover the merits of an author, but the motives of his critic.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.

Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.

Critics are like eunuchs: they know how, but they can't do it.

Critics are the products of their own times and biases and what they have to say about works of art is as transient and insubstantial as fashion.

Critics don't really affect the fact that we live in this paradise and what the meaning of that [is]. And what luck to have this!

Critics of Donald Trump take him literally, but not seriously. His supporters take him seriously, but not literally.

Critics say Arnold has no previous government experience, but advisers say he's clearly the most qualified Austrian, ex-Mr. Universe in the race.

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique.

Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.

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

Death is every man's final critic. To die well you must live bravely.

Critics I don't understand. They get too intellectual. They're not very well-versed in street talk; it takes them longer to say it. So they have to do it in dictionaries and they take longer to say it.

Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.

Critics should find meaningful work.

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.

Direction is the most invisible part of the theatrical art. It's not like the conductor in the symphony orchestra performance because he's standing in front of you waiving his arms. You now what he's doing. You don't know what the director is doing unless you know a lot about theater and even then you can only deduce it. You know it when you go to rehearsal. You really know it when they are rehearsing something of yours. I learned more in the rehearsals for The Letter than I have ever dreamed of know in the theater as a critic. If it doesn't make me a better critic, I'm an idiot.

Everybody's an art critic.

Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong.

Everybody is a critic, everybody has a voice, everybody can reach you. Everybody is an expert and that's what makes it fun.

Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists.

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!