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I don't care about the critics. — Andrew Lau

I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing. — Salman Rushdie

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
[Time Magazine, October 31, 1977] — John Osborne

It's interesting to think that my children know more about the process than many mature critics. — William Monahan

Critics often say, 'Oh she makes films about strong women'. Wrong; I make films about complex characters and the choices they make. — Gillian Armstrong

More often than not, theatre critics bubble with enthusiasm about plays that are, when all is said and done, really pretty average. — Craig Brown

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about. — Edmund Wilson

The fact is, for all the critics' talk about me as a realist, I'm making everything up - everything. It is all about imagining with me. — Richard Bausch

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost? — Paulo Coelho

Restaurant critics all struggle with the difficulty of writing about eating without resorting to the word 'delicious' and its synonyms. — Bee Wilson

The thing about living in New York is that there are other artists; that is the most difficult, I think they are the hardest critics. — Julian Schnabel

Critics are the products of their own times and biases and what they have to say about works of art is as transient and insubstantial as fashion. — Robert Genn

When a critic knows what she or he is looking at and writes revealingly about it, it's sublime. — Charles Saatchi

I'm not going to worry about the critics until some of my peers start saying I'm a softie. — Don Shula

Some critics are emotionally desiccated, personally about as attractive as a year-old peach in a single girl's refrigerator. — Mel Brooks

The kindest thing one can say about critics is that they're extraneous. — Marty Rubin

The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized. — Ulysses S. Grant

To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: Don't be economic girlie men! — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator. — Terry McMillan

I don't really think about the critics or the commercial success. — Jurnee Smollett

Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. — Wim Wenders

I'm my own worst critic. I could tell the critics a thing or two about my shows. — Jennifer Saunders

The man is in his work,read it if you want to know about him. — R.M. Engelhardt

Lionel Richie told me forget about the critics. But if you come back with hit after hit, you don't have to worry about anything. — Brian McKnight

When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think. — Amish Tripathi

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better. — Randy Pausch

No one criticizes someone he believes beneath him. Therefore, change your outlook about your critics. They really believe that you matter. — Assegid Habtewold

The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in front of you. — Chris Rock

Asking a writer what he thinks about critics is like asking what a fire hydrant feels about dogs. — Ann Landers

Quit worrying about what other people think and just be who God made you to be. If you will run your race, God will take care of your critics. — Joel Osteen

Hell, I suppose if you stick around long enough they have to say something nice about you. — Ava Gardner

I have a folder where I keep all the articles the critics have written about me. It makes me feel good. — Norman Wisdom

Which of my two critics was I to believe? I didn't worry about it and very soon made up my mind they were both idiots. — Henry James

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like. — H.L. Mencken

To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you don't like it. — Ricky Gervais

Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT CRITICS, LIKE I SAID THEY DONT BUY TICKETS. — Larry The Cable Guy

Asking a working writer what he feels about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. — John Osborne

When I get passionate or worked up about an issue, I say things that the Conservatives and opponents and critics like to pounce on. — Justin Trudeau

Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history. — John Eliot

Listen to the praises about you in silence; listen to the critics about you even in more silence! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is something essentially ridiculous about critics, anyway: what is good is good without our saying so, and beneath all our majesty we know this. — Randall Jarrell

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics. — Shia Labeouf

An artist who theorizes about his work is no longer artist but critic. — H.G.Wells

TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air. — Charles Kuralt

The critics and hardcore music fans, those are the people you have to get to first, so we're really happy about it. — Craig Finn

One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face. — Reggie White

So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time. — Dario Argento

I learned a lot about critics, not to really take them too seriously about movies. — Gina Gershon

You're just poor cornball provincial people, you critics; you just don't know what the hell you're talking about. — George Cukor

Genius feels like an over extended Helium balloon about to burst, and everyone criticizes you for not having a conventional way of coping with it. — Solange Nicole

Ask a writer what he thinks about critics and the answer you get is similar to what you get when you ask a lamppost how he feels about dogs. — Bert Sugar