Be kind Quote by Malcolm Cowley

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

— Tibor Fischer

Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Don't write your books for people who won't like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write, and don't…

— Paul Harding

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

— Maggie Stiefvater

Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the…

— Anonymous

My toughest criticism usually comes from myself. As my editor can attest to, I'm never done tweaking a book until the production department has…

— Kresley Cole

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of…

— John Green

Don't criticise what you can't understand,don't judge a book by its cover, you may miss out on a good STORY

— Anne Nwakama

I really recommend that anyone who wants to write have a very physical hobby that takes you away from books and criticism, because it…

— Jo-Ann Mapson

Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It…

— Eleanor Catton

It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.

— Dorothy Parker

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

— Jackie Collins