“As a writer of criticism, the consumer thing is the least interesting thing, but as a critic, the single worst thing you can do is send a reader to waste time and money on something – even if it’s something you personally love. You have to indicate the reasons why you love it and they’ll hate it.”

“As a writer of criticism, the consumer thing is the least interesting thing, but as a critic, the single worst thing you can do is send a reader to waste time and money on something – even if it’s something you personally love. You have to indicate the reasons why you love it and they’ll hate it.”

— Jonathan Gold