Critics Quotes

When someone writes a book review, they obviously already self-identify as a writer. I mean, they are. They're writers, they're critics, and they're writing about a book about a writer who's a critic. So I think it's really hard for people to distance themselves from what they're criticizing.

Chuck Klosterman
- People
- Writing
- Book
All players are their own worst critics. We are harder on ourselves than anyone else is.

Nomar Garciaparra
- Player
- Worst
- Harder

Always play to the cheap seats. That's where the critics sit. The people who sit up front don't come to hear you play; they come to sit up front.

Dave Evans
- People
- Fronts
- Seats
I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

Virgil Thomson
- Care
- Critics
Critics? I love every bone in their heads.

Eugene O'Neill
- I Love
- Critics
- Heads
You're your worst critic, and I don't like the way I sound on the mic.

Elgin Baylor Lumpkin
- Sound
- Worst
- Mics
Insects sting, not from malice, but because they want to live. It is the same with critics; they desire our blood not our pain.

Friedrich Nietzsche
- Live
- Desire
- Pain
If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow.

Arturo Toscanini
- Play
- Critics
- Please