Judith Krantz Quotes

I've never worried about 'the reader' because there isn't one. There are thousands, and they all have strong opinions, from 'Magician' was the best ever,' and I've gone downhill since to 'The new book is the best ever,' so to whom to I listen? So I write for myself and hope other people like it.

My scope on what's good is if I like it. The first person I have to please is myself.

I think about the audience in the sense that I serve as my own audience. I have to please myself the way, if I saw the movie in a theater, I would be pleased. Do I think about catering to an audience? No.

If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

One may do whatever one likes. In art, the only thing is, to make sure that one does like it.

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better.

Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

Good taste doesn't exist. It is our taste. We have to be proud of it.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.

I just make music that I love. I'm kind of selfish when I make music. I'm like, 'Do I like this?'

I only want to make music I like and that I can enjoy myself and be proud of.

I didn't have a list of dos and don'ts when I started acting, but one thing was very clear that I would only work in films which I would enjoy watching.

I do not need to hear how I am judged by others. I know by myself if I can be satisfied or not with my work.

Honestly, I don't try to guess at what most people want. I don't think I'd guess right, and I just think that that's not a good recipe for storytelling. I try to write what I like, what I think my friends would like.

Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.

I think that you’ve got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I just always think, 'Do I like it?' And if I like it, maybe other people will come and like it too.

No one can tell me what is a good cigar--for me. I am the only judge... There are no standards--no real standards. Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him.

No one can tell me what is a good cigar - for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to know say that I smoke the worst cigars in the world. They bring their own cigars when they come to my house.

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.

I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.

I don't like every other musician's work. The same way that filmmakers don't like every other filmmakers' work. Just because I'm a feminist doesn't mean I'm gonna say that I like every other woman's work, or that I appreciate another statement that another woman publicly made.