"Critics? How do they happen? I know how it happened to me. I would send a poem or story to a magazine and they would say this doesn't suit our needs precisely but on the other hand you sound interesting. Would you be interested in doing a review?"
- Leslie Fiedler
About this Quote
This quote by Leslie Fiedler speaks with the concept that becoming a critic is not something that is necessarily sought out, however rather something that is used to those who have actually already demonstrated an interest in writing. Fiedler suggests that he became a critic after submitting a poem or story to a publication and the editors reacting favorably to his work. They then asked him if he would have an interest in doing a review, which he accepted. This quote talks to the idea that becoming a critic is not something that is necessarily sought out, however rather something that is provided to those who have actually currently shown an interest in writing. It likewise suggests that becoming a critic is a natural progression for those who have currently developed themselves as writers.
This quote is written / told by Leslie Fiedler between March 8, 1917 and January 29, 2003. He/she was a famous Critic from USA.
The author also have 38 other quotes.
"Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments written or read together take on the movement and architecture of a narrative"
"The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise"
"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken"
"Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them"
"The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion"
