Mike Nichols Quotes

My stuff isn't for everyone.

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

I'm very into my cars. I always ready the Top Gear magazines just to see what cars are out next and what sort of performance they give. It can range from the smallest cars to the biggest ones.

Everyone has their own taste, and you can argue about taste.

Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don't like it shouldn't come to hear me.

I have my own tastes and I have my my own... like, I dunno. I think it's really subjective; something that I think is a great song, is unlistenable to somebody else, which I've come to realise.

Music is not a sport - one is not better than the other. You just like what you like and get inspired.

Movie criticism is very subjective and everyone has the right to voice their opinion. You go to a movie and decide whether you like it or not.

Taste is idiosyncratic, so I don't love everything people recommend me, and I don't love everything my friends love.

At first, when I arrived at Ferrari, I was very intimidated by all the people there, by Ferrari itsel. This name is the biggest in motorsports.

There is not a good or a bad cuisine, just the one you like the best.

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

What is beauty? It's what you love.

For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.

I just pretty much love from 1966 to 1972, that's my time. I think everything that needs to be said was said within that time. That's just a subjective thing, as well.

There are a lot of movies that are badly made that I love, and there are a lot of movies that are just beautifully made but I don't like them. And critics have a tendency - that's all they focus on, which is, "I like it. I don't like it. It's good. It's bad."

I don't think you should criticize people's music because maybe it just isn't for you.

Who do I like best, men or women? I think it really depends on what for!

One always likes one's latest book best. That's a natural feeling.

I always have a problem liking things that I'm told I should like. This has been the problem with most of the Wonders I have seen so far. The fact that this one is called the 'Great' Wall of China annoys me. I'll decide if it's great or not. It might end up being the 'All Right Wall of China' to me.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

I don't care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.

Purple's my favorite color.

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

Of which beauty will you speak? There are many: there are a thousand: there is one for every look, for every spirit, adapted to each taste, to each particular constitution.