Literary Criticism Quotes

"The writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads." "Classic: a book which people praise and don't read." "The critic who doesn't make out a case is only an intelligent reader for himself; he is not a critic" "A movie script is a barebones thing, and publishing a novel is like opening yourself up for criticism and analysis" "Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby." "One of the malfunctions of literary criticism is that it tends to create clothing patterns and then cut these patterns up to create garments. But that’s destroyed the books."