Approach Quote by Paul Auster

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

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

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

[Preface to second edition:] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the…

— Anne Bronte

I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to read my…

— Karin Slaughter

My wife is the most savage critic. She doesn't feel intimidated by my reputation. As far as she's concerned, she's just criticising a boyfriend…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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

Let's have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.

— Mason Cooley

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

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

— Malcolm Cowley

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 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