"The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author."

-- Isaac D'Israeli

#Criticism Quotes #Noble Quotes #Rivals Quotes

“We don't murder, we kill.... You don't murder animals, you kill them.”
“I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.”
“maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark into the world.”
“... whatever may be the talents of the persons who meet together in [American] society, the very shape, form, and arrangement of the meeting is sufficient to paralyze conversation. The women invariably herd together at one part of the room, and the men at the other ... The gentlemen spit, talk of elections and the price of produce, and spit again. The ladies look at each other's dresses till they know every pin by heart ...”
“But wishes were empty thoughts, cast down a dark hole. They didn't come true unless you worked for them. I'd learned that about the world, if nothing more.”
“Give your kids responsibility. Once outside, let them lead, who cares if you get lost; it might be the best trip you've ever had.”
“My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.”
“I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating...anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us-I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you.”

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