Being responsible Quote by Douglas A. Martin

I'm a critic. That means you are a writer. So, yes, you have to make yourself an authority on whatever subject it's going to…

— Gary Giddins

If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.

— Rita Mae Brown

The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing…

— Tituss Burgess

Be critical of but not brutal with your writing. If something isn't essential, get rid of it. Remember that good dialogue can serve a…

— Elizabeth George

“Don't listen to critics. Their job is to critique. You're a writer. Your job is to write.”

— Ksenia Anske

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

— Tyler Perry

“Critics are important. They give us the reasons, knowingly or unknowingly, not to fall, slumber or deviate from our true purpose . If only…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

— Irwin Shaw

Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate…

— Jean Cocteau

I do not put myself in a box and say, for instance, I'm writing post-colonial literature. I don't know what I'm writing. That's the…

— Isabel Allende

You've got to listen to yourself, do what you think is best. Because if you listen to the critics, you might be going in…

— Robert Parish

Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing.

— Joyce Carol Oates