It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it m...
Many critics are born of envy.
The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism founded upon appreciation of beauty and of intellectual distinction and of duty.
Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.
A critic at best is a waiter at the great table of literature.
I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.
A man inherited a field in which was an accumulation of old stone, part of an older hall. Of the old stone some had already been used in building the house in which he actually lived, not far from the...
Critics work for you;they reveal your weaknesses.Critics work against you;they envy your strengths.Wisdom works for you;it counters your weaknesses.Faith works for you;it increases your strengths.Forg...
These reasonings will furnish us with an adequate definition of a true critic: that he is a discoverer and collector of writers’ faults. Which may be farther put beyond dispute by the following demons...
I started this dirty quote business when I noticed that I only tend to read authors when their quotes convince me of wit and style. In a world overflowing with bad literature and corrupted product-pla...
I'd like to emphasize that when a reader finishes a great novel, he will immediately begin looking for another. If someone loves your book, it increases the chance that he or she will look at mine. So...
Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.
Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.
No one tries to stone a tree whose fruit is not ripe.
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.
This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle.
Criticism is like dissecting a dead frog," Caleb said when the book was published. "They're examining all the guts and shit and organs, when the thing that really matters, whatever it was that animate...
Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.
To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.
The higher you rise, the smaller your enemies.
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