Quotes by Wharton, Edith

How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be American befo >>

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. >>

There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American att >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligen >>

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution. >>

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

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.

Wharton, Edith