“Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.” WayYearsSometimesMotherWifeHeardCriticismMalesComplainingWorriedColleaguesReservations Author:Jill Abramson
“From the writer's point of view, critics should be ignored, although it's hard not to do what they suggest. I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends. Suppose you write something that stinks, what are they going to say in a review? Say it stinks? So if they're honest, they do, and if you were friends you're still friends, but the knowledge of your lousy writing and their articulate admission of it will be always something between the two of you, like the knowledge between a man and his wife of some shady adultery.” IfsThinkingMenShouldWritingStillsTwoHardViewsWifeHonestCriticismCriticsPoint Of ViewReviewsUnfortunateIgnoredAdulteryStinkAdmissionShady Author:William Styron
“First one gets works of art, then criticism of them, then criticism of the criticism, and, finally, a book on The Literary Situation , a book which tells you all about writers, critics, publishing, paperbacked books, the tendencies of the (literary) time, what sells and how much, what writers wear and drink and want, what their wives wear and drink and want, and so on.” WantFirstsArtBookSituationWifeDrinkCriticismSellsCriticsTendenciesWorks Of ArtPublishing Author:Randall Jarrell
“We also have no taboos against freedom of expression. Although I am president, I must confront the criticism of party members in my election district once every three months. In addition, people pay close attention to what my wife does and how my children live.” PeopleChildrenDoeThreePresidentPartyPayAttentionWifeExpressionMonthsMembersCriticismElectionMy WifeMy ChildrenTabooFreedom Of ExpressionThree Months Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“One of the important things about marriage is to be accepted. Love is the basis of marriage, but there are many married people who have never felt accepted. Marriage is not a reformatory, and spouses need to reach out to each other without criticism or reservations. To live with a wife or husband who does not accept you is a dark valley to walk through.” PeopleNeedsDoeImportantFeltDarkWalksLove IsAcceptingWifeHusbandMarriedCriticismBasesImportant ThingsAcceptedValleysReach OutSpouseReservations Author:Charles L. Allen