A positive attitude from you tends to produce a positive attitude toward you.
Deborah Day,
psychologist
“We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.”
Steven Pressfield
Never judge a critic by your agreement with his likes and dislikes.
George Saintsbury,
writer and historian
There is no defense against reproach but obscurity.
Joseph Addison,
politician and writer
The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.
Margaret Atwood,
writer and poet
Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love.
Robert Frank,
photographer and filmmaker
If a man isn’t willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he’s no good.
Ezra Pound,
poet
Reminder:
The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews. The ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.
William Faulkner,
writer
