There is, perhaps, no more dangerous man in the world than the man with the sensibilities of an artist but without creative talent. With luck such men make wonderful theatrical impresarios and interio...
The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world--they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one.
It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it m...
Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.
Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
To many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.
The good critic is he who narrates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world tho' the cant of hypocrites may be the worst the cant of criticism is the most tormenting.
Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
Anaemia is an illness primarily affecting characters in novels.
It is not expected of critics that they should help us to make sense of our lives they are bound only to attempt the lesser feat of making sense of the ways we try to make sense of our lives.
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.
A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.
Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.
Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.
I'd like to emphasize that when a reader finishes a great novel, he will immediately begin looking for another. If someone loves your book, it increases the chance that he or she will look at mine. So...
Henry James chews more than he bites off.
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