
I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.
Quoted by Edmund Wilson

You are not what your critics say you are. You are wonderful sacred-soul.
Quoted by Lailah Gifty Akita

Anaemia is an illness primarily affecting characters in novels.
Quoted by Marchel ReichRanicki

To fail, try to please your critics. To please your critics, try to fail.
Quoted by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Wealthy people attract critics like wealthy ships attract pirates.
Quoted by Orrin Woodward

I'm not interested in the reviews by critics over the age of 15.
Quoted by Mark A. Cooper

What God says you are is more important than what others think of you.
Quoted by Lailah Gifty Akita

To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent.
Quoted by Nelson Algren

This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle.
Quoted by Kurt Schwitters

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck
Quoted by Eli Wallach

Stars do not pull each other down to be more visible; they shine brighter.
Quoted by Matshona Dhliwayo

The best way to Prove your critics wrong is to Improve yourself
Quoted by Samuel AsumaduSarkodie

All great people had critics, but they still believe in beauty of their dreams.
Quoted by Lailah Gifty Akita

The devil's happy when the critics run you off.
Quoted by Criss Jami

People have boldness to criticize but not to sensitize.
Quoted by Amit Kalantri

No one tries to stone a tree whose fruit is not ripe.
Quoted by Matshona Dhliwayo

I am not stopping till my enemies become my friends.
Quoted by Amit Kalantri

If you don't know your worth, people will put a cheap price tag on you.
Quoted by Matshona Dhliwayo

You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything
Quoted by Gustave Flaubert

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
Quoted by Irwin Shaw