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 dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.
Dale CarnegieTags: listening complaining critics fault-finder
If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?
E.A. BucchianeriTags: reading books writers literary-criticism literature book criticism authors novels critics author judging covers i-love-books i-love-reading i-love-to-read book-cover book-covers fair-chance fair-judgement
Genius feels like an over extended Helium balloon about to burst, and everyone criticizes you for not having a conventional way of coping with it.
Solange nicoleTags: humor life society genius critics unconventional solange
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 students who do know the field, meanwhile, have every right to challenge your ignorant prejudice. Rise, undergraduates of the English departments! You have nothing to lose but your A on the midterm!
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: fantasy criticism critics
Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyThere is an easy way to silence your critics; just try to do what they say you can't do. If they are still not content, do more of it! Keep doing it until you become a master. Then look around, and you will see fewer critics and many compliments!
Israelmore AyivorTags: success persistence easy silence endurance try critic perseverance quiet opposition compliments praise food-for-thought critics content little silent look win more try-again master achieve again small much endure shut-up persistent winner congratulations do-it criticize persist opponents criticise around few persevere israelmore-ayivor oppose look-around fewer hibernate shut-down watch-and-pray
You can't be creative without criticism. If your life is without critics then maybe you are painting your life's masterpiece with only a broken brown crayon.
Shannon L. AlderTags: humor life goals success dreams criticism achievements choices critics risks attention successful crayons ambitions masterpiece dream-big gambles dull-life gossip-mill lack-of-criticism willingness-to-be-out-there
The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment."
(A Qualified Farewell)
Tags: writing insight craft critics detachment
Ich habe die Überzeugung gewonnen, dass Kinder das beste und klügste Publikum sind, das man sich als Geschichtenerzähler nur wünschen kann. Kinder sind strenge, unbestechliche Kritiker."
[As quoted on Preußler's official website.]
Tags: children childrens-literature audience critics
I have always said that whomever has limited preferences cannot be a critic, for the same reason some guy who only likes blondes cant be a jury in a beauty contest, for his idea of beauty is predefined and not based on dynamic reality. Thus, what people call 'preferences' are in fact exactly what makes them blind. For this reason being a writer also means you essentially cannot have the same markup as ordinary people, because getting rid of the precomposed is a too essential part of the whole dynamics of writing.
Martijn BendersTags: critics beauty-contests
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