Critiquing Quotes

Evaluations, in essence, are … ways of being, modes of existence of those who judge and evaluate

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

I've never been much into picking things apart.

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

I am never excited to play through a song all the way, because it can reveal more flaws that mean more work. For some reason, I always have an irrational fear that the song will never be finished.

When I am making a movie, I am very casual; wearing chappals, and have my hair tied. However, when I am judging a show, I take care of myself and get the makeup and hair done.

I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic.

I never actually went anywhere when I was a journalist. I was a critic, and I just sort of got stuff in the mail and chatted about it.

Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.

It's much easier to say negative things in a review.

I very seldom read back into what I've written.

So Liam and movies are obviously big passions, and I read and write.

Don't just crit their siticising.

It's easier at times to pick at what someone else does.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable condition, a state of affairs that used to alarm my wife. But Joan's got used to it.

Everybody wants to be a critic: a critic without the actual accolades to be a critic.

I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record... that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.

I don't think any of us can compete with Cowell. He is the best at what he does.

I record it here today to establish my early predisposition to editorial work - to be both pontifical and wrong.

Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.

Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.

My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot of down time, and I got to drive tractor, so it was pretty good gig. I've also taught creative writing, dabbled in reviewing and journalism, and toiled as a screenwriter.