Book Quote by Sherwood Anderson

You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you write better,…

— Aleksandar Hemon

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn,…

— J. Michael Straczynski

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

“Before publication, and if provided by persons whose judgment you trust, yes, of course criticism helps. But after something is published, all I want…

— Truman Capote

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.

— Anonymous

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

— John Berryman

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

— Lucinda Williams

Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than…

— Jean de la Bruyere

I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by…

— Neil Gaiman

Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.

— Giuseppe Verdi