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“And when you are foolish enough to identify yourself as a poet, your interlocutors will often ask: A PUBLISHED Poet? And when you tell them that you are, indeed, a published poet, they seem at leas...”
“There are braying men in the world as well as braying asses; for what's loud and senseless talking and swearing, any other than braying?”
“The main aim of some people is to criticize you to stop, and then they can start what you have stopped! Keep moving on in the right direction when you know deep within you where you are heading tow...”
“Shout praise and whisper criticism.”
“It is easy to be a Critic when you have nothing to lose by your Criticism and hard to be a whistle blower in the auditorium of the majority.”
“If you know who you are, it makes you immune to criticism”
“Relentless criticism in childhood can internalize a parental scorn that no amount of success will silence.”
“The most successful critics are always scribbling things in their programs, largely because it gives them an important and industrious air. Also, it is interesting to try to figure out what you've ...”
“Criticism, upon the right one, surpasses and prevails, nothing since it causes a sign of self-discredit.”
“I only object when any one particular group...gets a stranglehold on American criticism and squeezes out anybody who doesn't conform to its own standards....The ax falls, ecumenically, on the head ...”
“Turn down the volume of your negative inner voice and create a nurturing inner voice to take its place. When you make a mistake, forgive yourself, learn from it, and move on instead of obsessing ab...”
“Only a man of knowledge is capable of giving constructive criticism.”
“Not much to say except to warn you not to get too serious about all this, if you want to become a writer of fiction in the future. If you intend to become a critic, that is a Whale of another color...”
“Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever youre doing is as valuable as gold.”
“You cant let praise or criticism get to you. Its a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
“Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along.”
“Would it not be wiser, then, to remit this part of reading and to allow the critics, the gowned and furred authorities of the library, to decide the question of the book's absolute value for us? Ye...”
“Wise parents do not criticize each other in front of their children or their friends. Nor do they talk negatively about their children when others are present. That is disloyalty.”
“Taste is a mystery.”
“Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.”
