“ Just think, when Les Miserables came out, when it was first published, critics hated it! They said Victor Hugo didn’t know chuck-all about the French Revolution, and it was a terrible book! But who remembers the names of the critics?
NRAMA: Fans of Siskel and Ebert?
PAD: Yeah, maybe. A hundred years from now, though, who’s going to remember Siskel and Ebert? Are there some great critics whose works are still remembered to this day? Yes. But that’s in part because their work transcends the idea of criticism. Their critiques reached a state of art unto themselves. By and large, though, the people who just sit there and bitch about stuff are forgotten.
NRAMA: Fans of Siskel and Ebert?
PAD: Yeah, maybe. A hundred years from now, though, who’s going to remember Siskel and Ebert? Are there some great critics whose works are still remembered to this day? Yes. But that’s in part because their work transcends the idea of criticism. Their critiques reached a state of art unto themselves. By and large, though, the people who just sit there and bitch about stuff are forgotten.
— Newsarama.com : Remembering Spider-Man 2099 With Peter David, II (y la entrevista es sobre el Hombre Araña: no tiene nada que ver con Víctor Hugo)
