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Christopher Hampton1 quote
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. — Christopher Hampton · 1977John Updike1 quote
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. — John Updike · 1983Kenneth Tynan1 quote
A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. — Kenneth Tynan · 1963Theodore Roosevelt1 quote
The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic, the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1891