Paulo Coelho

I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am.

Brazilian Novelist

Virginia Woolf

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.

British Author

Yance Ford

What little return documentary filmmakers get often comes in the form of recognition by their peers and the critics who influence doc audiences around the country.

American Director

Oscar Wilde

A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.

Irish Poet

Jerry Lewis

I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains.

American Comedian

Chuck Eddy

Music critics are part of the world, and I am part of the world.

American Journalist

Marco Pierre White

Generally, I respect critics; they have their job to do.

British Chef

Michael Caputo

I urge my critics to get passports and see the world.

American Public Servant

Randy Moss

To all my critics, you get paid to be negative.

American Athlete

George Bancroft

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

American Historian

Used for someone whose judgment in a specific field is respected and knowledgeable.

Expert Opinion

Does not always imply negativity; critics can give positive feedback as well.

Not Negative

Often a professional role, such as someone who writes reviews for a living.

Professional Role

Reflects a person who tends to focus on negatives or shortcomings.

Negative Attitude

Criticism can be biased or unfounded; does not necessarily reflect the truth.

Not Always Fair

A self-critic scrutinizes their own behavior or work.

Personal Reflection

 critics be its level of coldness actually makes you really tired you're using up a lot of energy just to stay warm though even moving up moving around they say everything's cold you feel the call coming up from the ground it's coming in from all say it's just

Reindeer Selfies With...

 mostly monitor and investigate violations, but they cannot force states to, say, change a policy or compensate a victim. That's why some critics say it's naive to consider human rights a given in a world where state interests wield so much power.

What are the universal...

 You're pretty worried about it. Is that right? And if there was one cause for hope, how would you state that? I focus on the most dangerous possibilities partly because this is like my job or responsibility as a historian or social critic.

Nationalism vs....

 made up France's bohemian subculture. And their works of art, literature, and intellect would shake up the world. At the turn of the 20th century, within this dynamic scene, art critic, poet, and champion of the avant-garde,

The poet who painted...

 Cho may be Taiwan's most highly respected chef and tonight he will host a very unusual dinner for some very special guests including several of taiwan's top food critics the dish he's chosen to prepare is so taboo it may be

Would You Eat Bull...

 These Anti-Federalists were especially worried by the text's apparent lack of protections for individual liberties. As the conventions proceeded, many of these critics shifted from opposing the Constitution entirely

Why wasn’t the Bill of...

 we were not anarchists or people or general critics of multinational corporations no not at all we were happy customers who didn't feel quite content buying the products of these companies when they just said well

Justice for Martine Vik...

 offered power plants the economic flexibility to keep costs low while strictly limiting pollution. Many critics called these allowances licenses to pollute, or said the government was selling clean air.

Whatever happened to...

 And that's really the enemy, because it's not up to us whether what we do is any good, and if history has taught us anything, the world is an extremely unreliable critic. Right? So you have to ask

Give yourself permission...

 So what's the problem with being radically truthful and radically transparent with each other? People say it's emotionally difficult. Critics say it's a formula for a brutal work environment.