Famous quotes containing the words faulkner and/or criticism:
“It feels almost soft, like something to be caressed. Only gold feels that way.”
—William Faulkner (1897–1962)
“A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake prestige through being mistaken for good work. It is essentially negative, it is something that has not come through. But over bad criticism one has a sense of real calamity.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)