George Saunders Quotes

Everyone gets criticized.

Readers forget that one can critique yet still admire.

There's a lot of criticism in this job and what we do. It's in front of everybody and for everybody to have their own opinion about what we do. Don't be in this position if you can't handle that criticism.

The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

I don't take much notice of reviews now - obviously you'd like to have straight worship but you're never going to get that.

You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.

To all my critics, you get paid to be negative.

You can learn a lot from criticism if you can take what's constructive out of it. If you read a review that starts with, 'This person is an idiot; who do they think they are?', you're not going to learn anything from that.

I don't delve too deep into reviews.

Everybody hates critics.

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

I don't read the critics.

No one likes to be criticized.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

It's not the journalists; it's the critics that I can't understand. I've never understood what kind of a person would want to criticize someone else's work.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

It becomes obvious when people are sincere in their criticism and when they're not. I've learned over time that people will always have something to say.

I do take things away from reading reviews. I think they keep you honest.

Usually, when somebody really hates your book, they're not going to waste time on it, telling you what you need to work on.

I don't read reviews, but I do get feedback from my peers and people I know, like other actors and directors and producers.

Critics are critics: their job is to find things wrong with people.

We cannot stop anyone from criticising us.

Everybody gets criticised one day.

I want to decouple this idea that critique is hatred.