Who said “Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.”?

“Criticism should be a casual conversation.”

“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.”

“A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.”

“A man must serve his time to every trade Save censure — critics are ready-made.”

“Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.”

“No one wants advice, only corroboration.”

“Time is the only critic without ambition.”

“Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.”

“The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.”

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”

“The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.”