Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job.

I don't delve too deep into reviews.

I know all the critics.

The audience is my hardest and best critic.

Critics matter to me.

I love reviews. Anybody who tells you they don't read reviews is a liar.

If you look at our world, it's a world of critique.

Now everyone is a critic.

I have nine armchairs from which I can be critical.

People are going to think and take things how they're going to take it, and I have no control over that, so it's kind of like biding time until you get your feedback. So, it's like, once the public can consume what you're putting out there, then you know. Then you know hit, miss, in between.

A great review is great. A bad review is the worst.

Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

Critics matter to me a lot.

The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.

If you judge, investigate.

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.

I think naturally you want to judge things.

Everyone gets criticized.

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

If you would judge, understand.

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

I believe in criticism.

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.