I am often criticized for spending too much time off the ice, but if you were in my shoes, you'd see how necessary it is.
It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.
Most people get overwhelmed by the insignificant decisions of their lives. I'm urging people to minimize the time spent on these when they're not critical to their most important goals.
I see that idea that we need a new form as something critical. I mean, we do need to invent and not be benchmarking all the time. That's important to me.
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.
In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece.
More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.
People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.
The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.
For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.
When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.
I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'
I always tell people that they are really the critics. If people come three times a week to your restaurant they are the ones who find something they really love.
It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.
My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference.
The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem.
Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive.
It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.
This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions.
