"You are never really prepared for criticism."

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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"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 the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"There is no such thing as constructive criticism. There is constructive advice, constructive guidance, constructive counsel, encouragement, suggestion, and instruction. Criticism, however, is not constructive but a destructive means of faultfinding that cripples all parties involved. Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

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"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

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"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

"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 the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."

"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."

"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."

"Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised."

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."

"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."

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"It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues."

"As long as you're having fun, that's the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it's over."

"I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them."

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"The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home."

"I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up."