Controversy Quote by Gregg Easterbrook

Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.

— Octavia E. Butler

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

— Iris Johansen

As I wrote more I became more critical of myself and I think that you have to be your harshest judge. I don't ever…

— Homer Hickam

“The best things about writing are the freedom to please yourself creatively, personal accomplishment and the journey of personal growth. The worst is that…

— Ron Houston

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.

— Steve Earle

It's okay to be a bad writer if you have something to say.

— Bill Stott

I'm not a critic so much of my own writing. People must make up their own minds over that.

— William Golding

“Any writer who puts his words and thoughts out into the public is going to be criticized.”

— Thomas Moore

Everybody brings their thing to their criticism. I bring this wealth of opinions and feeling and knowledge about race and gender and sexuality. I…

— Wesley Morris

Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.

— Walter Darby Bannard

“Some people get offended with what I write. In their own little pathetic world, they truly believe I should apologize for being a writer.”

— Daniel Marques

If you write something and they all tell you it is bad - editors, critics, everybody - think it over and you may become…

— Brenda Ueland