Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

—Edgar Wilson Nye

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About Edgar Wilson Nye

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Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye (August 25, 1850 – February 22, 1896) was an American humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang.

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

—Christopher Hampton

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

—Donald H. Rumsfeld

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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.

—Kurt Vonnegut

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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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