“No, no, not at all. I'm a professional. If I can't take criticism, how will I ever grow?”
“I can't answer a single one of these, which is how I know that whether I'm ready or not, I'm growing up.”
“It's really starting to get to me and I'm not sure how to handle it because I can't remember ever letting anything get to me before. I can't remember ever feeling this fucking vulnerable.”
“I'm bad for you. I told you I will break you and I will. I wish I knew how not to. I can't. I'm sorry. You have to take me like this...”
“The rain is falling ever harder and all I can hear is the sound of the water. I'm drenched but I can't move.”
“The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.”