“Never make the mistake of assuming the critters will beat a path to your door.”
“A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.”
“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!”
“Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.”
“The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.”
“Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.”
“Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.”
“Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.”
“The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws.”
“Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.”
“If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.”
“Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.”
“A man must serve his time to every trade save censure -- critics all are ready made.”
“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
“Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.”
“Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.”
“Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.”
“The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.”
“A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.”
“One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.”
“Each generation produces its squad of ''moderns'' with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.”
“If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.”
“It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.”
“Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.”
“He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.”
“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”
“A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.”
“Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.”
“Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.”
“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge''”