Book Quote by Curtis Sittenfeld

When I start writing these novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the…

— Ruth Ozeki

I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen,…

— Mark Twain

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

— Malcolm Cowley

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

— Tibor Fischer

I sometimes think there is nothing really to be said about a novel but 'read the book.' I have a jaundiced view of literary…

— Mark Kurlansky

If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued…

— Anonymous

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all,…

— Joyce Maynard

Do not be critics, you people, I beg you. I was a critic and I wish I could take it all back because it…

— Dave Eggers

It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.

— Dorothy Parker

I have increasingly steeled myself to criticism, but it still can sting, especially when you feel that it is unfair - or that they…

— Emily Giffin

I feel that Pride and Prejudice is an incredibly well constructed novel on every level. The dialogue is great. The character development is great.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

— Jackie Collins