Book Quote by John Irving

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

— Jackie Collins

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

— Jackie Collins

I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.

— Irwin Shaw

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they even write it. And if I'm good, I know…

— Frank Sinatra

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 don't disagree with the critics often, and I'm not destroyed by bad criticism anymore. There comes a point when you go beyond it.

— Robert Lepage

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

Never take your critics lightly. You must always try to win them over by your hard work. Don't brush them off.

— Himesh Reshammiya

I did feel as though a number of critics had appointed themselves, when they sat down with a new book of mine, to rectify…

— John Updike

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

— Irwin Shaw

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

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