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title: "4 Internal Critic Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“A blanket could be used to silence your internal critic. And if you don’t shut him up, I’ll do it for you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-blanket-could-be-used-to-silence-your-internal-critic-and-if-you/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/jarod-kintz-2_quote_a-blanket-could-be-used-to-silence-your_1269639.jpg)

> [You have an internal critic, an internal drive that says, 'OK, you can do more.' Maybe that's what keeps you going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-williams/you-have-an-internal-critic-an-internal-drive-that-says-ok-you-can-do/)

[Robin Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/robin-williams-682_can-do_you-have-an-internal-critic-an-internal_1612612.jpg)

> [When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/when-you-re-a-writer-you-hear-your-internal-critic-and-that-s-really/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/veronica-roth-66_book_when-you-re-a-writer-you-hear-your-inter_1974093.png)

> [I had a friend who said, "You don't have an internal critic. You have an internal sadist."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/i-had-a-friend-who-said-you-don-t-have-an-internal-critic-you-have-an/)

[Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/libba-bray-259_critics_i-had-a-friend-who-said-you-don-t-have-a_2872925.png)

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