{"quotes":[{"text":"On writing, my advice is the same to all. If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If you feel blocked, write through it until you feel your creative juices flowing again. Write. Writing is what makes a writer, nothing more and nothing less. — Ignore critics. Critics are a dime a dozen. Anybody can be a critic. Writers are priceless. — Go where the pleasure is in your writing. Go where the pain is. Write the book you would like to read. Write the book you have been trying to find but have not found. But write. And remember, there are no rules for our profession. Ignore rules. Ignore what I say here if it doesn’t help you. Do it your own way. — Every writer knows fear and discouragement. Just write. — The world is crying for new writing. It is crying for fresh and original voices and new characters and new stories. If you won’t write the classics of tomorrow, well, we will not have any. Good luck.","author":"Anne Rice","tags":["critics","writing-advice","writing-life"],"id":386,"author_id":"Anne+Rice"},{"text":"Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["criticism","critics","friend","friendship","guru","hate","honor","love","love","love","love-and-sayings","matshona-dhliwayo","praise","sage","truth","truth","truth","truth-honesty","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":1006,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"If you listen to critics for too long, you will become deaf to success.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["criticism","critics","destiny","dreamer","dreams","envy","failure","greatness","haters","inspirational","jelousy","leadership","motivational-inspirational","motivational","motivational","motivational-for-runners","motivational-for-women","naysayers","opposition","success"],"id":1039,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"All great people had critics, but they still believe in beauty of their dreams.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["belief","believe-and-achieve","believe-in-god","believe-in-yourself","courage-in-life","courage","critics","critics-of-society","criticsm","destiny-and-attitude","destiny","determination","determined-spirit","dreams","dreams-and-reality","dreams-and-wishes","dreams-do-come-true","dreams-inspirational","dreams","fulfilling-purpose","great-men","greater-glory","greatness","imagination","inspirational","motivational","passion-for-life","passionate","perseverance","persistence","persistent-attitude","positive","positive-thinking","positive-thoughts","potential-for-greatness","potential-of-your-own-mind","potential","power-of-dreams","power-of-thoughts","success","success-strategies","successful-mind","wisdom","wishes","wishful-thinking","your-destiny"],"id":2607,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["adversity","build","challenges","criticism","critics","dream","dreamer","envy","faith","greatness","haters","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-for-men","inspirational-for-women","inspirational-for-writers","inspirational-motivation","jelousy","motivation","motivational-inspirational","motivational-inspirational-life","motivational","motivational-of-the-day","motivational","motivational-for-women","naysayers","obstacles","opposition","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","overcoming-challenges","overcoming-obstacles","overcoming","palace","perseverance","persistence","resilience","success"],"id":3030,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Our critics make us strong!Our fears make us bold!Our haters make us wise!Our foes make us active!Our obstacles make us passionate!Our losses make us wealthy!Our disappointments make us appointed!Our unseen treasures give us aknown peace!Whatever is designed against us will work for us!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["active","against","appointed","bold","criticism","criticize","critics","design","disappointment","disappointments","enemies","fear","fears","foes","hate","haters-wise","israelmore-ayivor","loss","losses","obstacles","passionate","peace","strong","treasures","unseen","we-are-blessed","wealth","wealthy","work"],"id":3324,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"There is a difference between judgment and feedback. Your critics use you as a mirror for their own hidden darkness. Your teachers hold up a mirror to yours.","author":"Vironika Tugaleva","tags":["criticism","critics","dealing-with-criticism","feedback","judgment","learning","teacher","teaching"],"id":3458,"author_id":"Vironika+Tugaleva"},{"text":"You may silence the critics, but you don't silence the pain.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["censorship","control","critics","life","pain","philosophy","silence"],"id":7854,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"Before cruelly vilifying them from a great height, the mudslingers at newspapers and journals should bear in mind that all artistic endeavors were by and large a mixture of effort and imagination, the embodiment of a solitary endeavor, of a sometimes long-nurtured dream, when they were not a desperate bid to give life meaning.","author":"Félix J. Palma","tags":["critics","writers-on-writing"],"id":8578,"author_id":"F%C3%A9lix+J.+Palma"},{"text":"Don’t answer every critic. Sometimes, the answers you give may be right but misconceived and misunderstood.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["answer","answers","critics","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","misconceive","misconception","misunderstand","misunderstanding","right"],"id":8622,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":251,"pages":26,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}