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Thought for the Day Critics?

Paul Whybrow

Paul Whybrow

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Jun 20, 2015
Location
Cornwall, UK
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.


Jonathan Raban


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A very dear friend of mine was a literary critic, and he was not fueled by jealousy or failure, but a love literature. He was actually quite friendly with a couple authors, Evan Connell and James Ellroy, they even attended his funeral. His pieces added to the enjoyment of a novel.
 
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