“I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. ”
“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”
“I had much more fun criticizing than praising.”
“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.”
“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
“What the sayer of praise is really praising is himself,by saying implicitly,My eyes are clear."Likewise, someone who criticizes is criticizinghimself, saying implicitly, "I can't see very wellwith my eyes so inflamed.”