Believing Quote by Jessica Valenti

“I don’t generally publicly respond to reviews, no matter how wrong-headed or perspicacious I think them. Nine times out of ten, writers’ responses to…

— China Miéville

I had people read it early on and, you know, well-meaning people said to me, you should take out the blogs. I didn't get…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some…

— Barry Hannah

“There was a period when I lived on book reviews, when I had basked and drawn sustenance from what I deemed the light of…

— Frederick Exley

I've come to realize that you're going to get criticized no matter what. Somebody will always hate what you write, especially if you write…

— Dave Barry

Reviewers and critics can be overly cynical. If something the least bit sentimental comes up, they'll often start flying off the handle. But I'm…

— Anonymous

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

— Joanne Harris

If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.

— David Lehman

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.

— Mitch Albom

I no longer gave a sick dog's drop for the wisdom, the reliability and the authority of the public's literary mind, those creeps and…

— Norman Mailer

I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I…

— Patrick Stump

My diary entries during this period constantly refer to the importance of learning how to take criticism. If you shut yourself in your own…

— Joao Magueijo