Biggest Quote by Jackie Collins

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

— Irwin Shaw

My biggest critics have never read me.

— Jackie Collins

But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but…

— Fiona Apple

Some books are well-received with critics; other books sell.

— Colson Whitehead

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good,…

— Kevin Bacon

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my…

— Jean M. Auel

I am never much interested in the effects of what I write…I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two times out…

— H. L. Mencken

When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might…

— Amish Tripathi

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

— Edward Abbey

I have a lot of critics; we all know that.

— Hope Solo

I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.

— Richard Ford

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