Quotes by Connolly, Cyril

The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the f >>

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste. >>

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

Nothing would improve newspaper criticism so much as the knowledge tha >>

A critic is a legless man who teaches running. >>

They condemn what they do not understand. >>

I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike it. I do it and I am always resolving to give it up.

Connolly, Cyril