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The critics who love are the severe ones ... we know our relationship must be based on honesty.

—  Judith Crist

In this lovely land of corrugated cartons and plastic bags, we want our entertainment packaged neatly ... an attractive label on the outside, a complete and accurate detailing of contents ... no loose ends, no odd parts, nothing left out.

—  Judith Crist

Amid all the easily loved darlings of Charlie Brown's circle, obstreperous Lucy holds a special place in my heart. She fusses and fumes and she carps and complains. That's because Lucy cares. And it's the caring that counts.

—  Judith Crist

In this era of affluence and of permissiveness, we have, in all but cultural areas, bred a nation of overprivileged youngsters, saturated with vitamins, television and plastic toys.

—  Judith Crist

On Carroll Baker's performance in Baby Doll, More bomb than bombshell.

—  Judith Crist

Film criticism became the means whereby a stream of young intellectuals could go straight from the campus film society into the professionals' screening room without managing to get a glimpse of the real world in between.

—  Judith Crist

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bileless New Year and leave it at that.

—  Judith Crist