“ 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… David Farland
“ If you are willing to take the punishment you're halfway through the battle. That the issues may be trivial the battle ugly is another point. Lillian Hellman
“ The test of a good critic is whether he knows when and how to believe on insufficient evidence. Samuel Butler
“ Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing. Joyce Carol Oates
“ Corporate irony not only ridicules the thing it is selling but the very act of selling it. In the process it disarms critics by making anyone who goes against the flow of commerce seem clueless. David Denby
“ Doubt your critics, never your dreams;your weaknesses, never your strengths;your enemies, never your friends;and your circumstances, but never doubt yourself.Embrace your intelligence, never your igno… Matshona Dhliwayo
“ If you invest in your critics more than you invest in your dreams, you have successfully invested in your failure. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ One of the greatest challenges is not going to the mattresses with someone who criticizes your novel. Elizabeth Ann Patterson
“ In criticism, I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me. Edgar Allan Poe
“ You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything Gustave Flaubert
“ I want to say to the literature teacher who remains wilfully, even boastfully ignorant of a major element of contemporary fiction: you are incompetent to teach or judge your subject. Readers and stude… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good. P.G. Wodehouse
“ The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder d… Dale Carnegie
“ Don't give up the fight. Don't dim out the light. Those who at first don't believe in you, will soon begin to ask you "how did you do it?” Keep it up! Israelmore Ayivor
“ Every category has its snobs: music, books, movies. There are so many things a man is only pressured into liking or disliking. Criss Jami
“ To become a better you, secure your dreams from the jaws of people who discredit your ambitions. Israelmore Ayivor
“ The meaning you apply to what has happened to you is your decision. There will be critics that have their version, but God didn’t call them to be your audience, someone else did. Shannon L. Alder
