Book Critics Circle

Famous quotes containing the words book, critics and/or circle:

    A book is like a man—clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
    John Steinbeck (1902–1968)

    Learn then what morals critics ought to show,
    For ‘tis but half a judge’s task, to know.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)