If people aren't creating literature, there would be nothing for people to criticize.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.
Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.
Critics are not creators. They rarely write great novels, invent new technologies, or come up with a great business idea.
Today there is a division between those who write about literature and those who create it. I, obviously, don't think that should be there.
Sometimes literary critics review the book they wanted you to write, not the book you wrote, and that's very irksome.
People have a right to criticize.
I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
It's not the journalists; it's the critics that I can't understand. I've never understood what kind of a person would want to criticize someone else's work.
There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work.