Arriving Quote by Neil Gaiman

Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other,…

— Ezra Pound

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

Criticism at the wrong time, even if it's legitimate criticism, can be seriously damaging and make the writer lose faith in what he's doing.…

— Donna Tartt

Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known…

— George Saintsbury

all creative writers need a certain amount of time when they're creating something where nobody should criticize them at all - at all. Even…

— Gena Rowlands

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

— W. Somerset Maugham

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

— Joanne Harris

“Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.”

— Ezra Pound

No one should be so precious as to refuse criticism of their work. But to respect an opinion, we have to know that it…

— Joanne Harris

Criticism pretty much follows anything anyone ever does. So, anytime anyone ever writes a song, plays a show, or does whatever they do, there's…

— Chris Cornell

I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not…

— Rainer Maria Rilke