Quotes About Opinion

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed to him, does not have to open and read.

Hardly anyone still reads nowadays. People make use of the writer only in order to work off their own excess energy on him in a perverse manner, in the form of agreement or disagreement.

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about what's "too much" what's "enough" or if you're telling the "right" stories, just do good work.

When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a work of art, 'I know what I like,' he is really saying 'I have no taste of my own but accept the taste of my cultural milieu.

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.

I accrued anger from people's low opinion of me and my work, and for the work I might be capable of.

... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.

Now that I work as a professional model, I advise people to stay away from any television shows. It's a waste of your time; it's just entertainment. It's not the fashion that we now know.

In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.

I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

A new poll reveals that 56% of Americans believe that Wal-Mart is bad for the country, while the other 44% work there.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I read about my films, but I wouldn't highlight a specific misconception: If people think this or that about myself or my work, they must have their reasons.

there are people who read my work and accuse me of being political! As far as I'm concerned that's like accusing a dog of having a bark!

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

I never turn down scripts without good reason. If I did, I would probably never work.

No matter how much utter disdain I have for the work of a particular artist, I would still rather that he had created those works than hadn't

I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work.

Every writer's got to pay some attention, I suppose, to what his critics say because theirs is a reflection of what the audience feels about his work.

If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned.

An audience's or individual's reaction to my work is simply their reaction.

Does that really work, converting someone with a bumper sticker? How weak of a mind do you have to have?

My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.

I'm just going to write my books and do my work and release it. Let the world decide what it is, and if it's any good or not.