Austen Quote by Mark Twain

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 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

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

— Jackie Collins

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

— Jackie Collins

If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there.…

— Tao Lin

I am itching to criticize some well-regarded writers' works, but I am not doing it because I am perfectly aware that my critique could…

— Aleksandar Hemon

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

Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they [producers] are…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

I read books I hate all the time, and I don't mention them or talk about them.

— Ann Patchett

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

Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe