Book Quote by Joyce Maynard

“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing those qualities…

— David Cecil

“She had no ambition to write a good book, but was painfully anxious to write a book that the critics should say was good.”

— Anthony Trollope

“Writers shouldn't fear criticism. Instead, they should fear silence. Criticism is healthy. It gets people thinking about your work and, even better, it gets…

— Robert Fanney

“For (strange as it may sound to many people, who tend to think of critics as being motivated by the lower emotions: envy, disdain,…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might…

— Craig Brown

I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

“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

“There is more important things in life to worry about instead of leaving nasty negative reviews on books. It shows a lot about your…

— Rain Darrow

You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they…

— John Irving

“I often have the feeling that even at the best of times literary criticism is fraudulent, since in the absence of any accepted standards…

— George Orwell

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

In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.

— Maggie Stiefvater