Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs

Quote by John Osborne

Topics: Criticism Quotes, Writing Quotes

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love...

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love...

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the...

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the...

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of...

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of...

Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that...

Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that...

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my...

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my...

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the...

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the...

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really...

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more...

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more...

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it...

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it...

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We...

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We...

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing...

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing...

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.