“I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them.”

“It’s easy to criticize from the stands. What’s hard…is doing something.It’s not just that people like to criticize other people, it’s that they like to criticize other people when they haven’t achieved much themselves.”

“Don't criticize me while I criticize other people. ”

“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”

“Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available. ”

“If you find yourself criticizing other people, your probably doing it out of Resistance. When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. if they speak at all, it is to offer encouragement. Watch yourself. Of all the manifestations of Resistance, most only harm ourselves. Criticism and cruelty harm others as well.”