“Today there survives more than 25,0000 partial and complete, ancient handwritten manuscript copies of the New Testament. These hand written manuscripts have allowed scholars and textual critics to go back and verify that the Bible we have in our possession today is the same Bible that the early church possessed 2,000 years ago.” YearsHandsTodayChurchWrittenBibleYears AgoCriticsAncientPossessionCopiesScholarPossessedTestamentNew TestamentManuscriptsVerify Author:Charlie Campbell
“I've always tried out my material on my dogs first. Years ago, when my red setter chewed up the manuscript of 'Of Mice and Men,' I said at the time that the dog must have been an excellent literary critic.” MenYearsFirstsHas BeensSaidDogMaterialsRedYears AgoCriticsExcellentMiceMy DogManuscripts Author:John Steinbeck
“Look at the people who review. Look at their commitment to being "right" and "safe". If I had listened to my critics I would have given up years ago.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksGivenSafeCommitmentYears AgoCriticsReviewsGiven Up Author:John Fante
“The cultural wars of the sixties are over. I've reconciled with those who were my critics and opponents years ago. I was at odds with some those who were Black nationalists. Yet when feminists attempted to end my career and leave me as literary road kill, it was the Black nationalists who came to my rescue.” YearsWarEndsBlackCareersYears AgoCriticsFeministOpponentsRescueOddsSixtyLeaving Me Author:Ishmael Reed
“About four years ago I made a list, for my own amusement, of the playwrights, the contemporary playwrights, by whom critics said I'd been influenced. I listed twenty-five. It included five playwrights whose work I didn't know, so I read these five playwrights and indeed now I suppose I can say I have been influenced by them. The problem is that the people who write these articles find the inevitable similarities of people writing in the same generation, in the same century, and on the same planet, and they put them together in a group.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsHas BeensMadeSaidI CanProblemTogetherMy OwnFiveFourGenerationsGroupsCenturyPlanetsYears AgoTwentiesCriticsListsContemporaryInevitableArticlesFour YearsAmusementPlaywrightSimilarityTwenty Five Author:Edward Albee
“Five years ago, I wasn't getting questions [about blogs and the internet] from the TV/radio critic of the New York Times.” YearsFiveNew YorkTvsInternetYears AgoCriticsRadioFive YearsBlogsNew York Times Author:Joe Buck