Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

—Edgar Wilson Nye

music criticism

About Edgar Wilson Nye

Portrait of Edgar Wilson Nye

Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye (August 25, 1850 – February 22, 1896) was an American journalist, humorist, author, and lecturer. He was best known for his humorous newspaper sketches and columns, many of which were based on his experiences in the American West. He founded and edited the Laramie Boomerang in...

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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.

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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

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The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.

—William Faulkner

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Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

—Winston Churchill

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