Thought for the Day Critics?

[Paul Whybrow]

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

 

[MattScho]

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.