Quotes by Murdoch, Iris

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-f >>

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on >>

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they ca >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you. >>

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shor >>

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. >>

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

Murdoch, Iris