Catherine Ryan Hyde Quotes

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

It's always good to get good reviews. I read my reviews. There are a lot of writers who don't read their reviews at all. I read them; then I put them away because it's not good to engage with them too much.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

Critics and criticism are part of the game and I've not been affected by it.

Don't take criticism personally; take from it what's useful. Apply it and move on to something better.

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.

I feel very strongly that you shouldn't mix your emotions with business. When it comes to my emotions, I certainly don't mix them with my business.

As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the middle of working on something.

Editors and their authors seldom form deep friendships for the same reason that psychiatrists and their patients keep their distance: The relationship requires candor that mixes poorly with intimacy.

I think, in general, it's better not to respond to reviews of your work.

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

If I get a bad review, I don't take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.

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

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted.

I don't think you can let comments affect you too much as then you are not doing your job properly.

You have to accept the criticism but you also have to consider how much of what is said and written is actually true.

I understand and accept criticisms of my work, provided they are done with professional criteria and arguments.

I'm pro-WWE, but also I maintain my independence and speak my true thoughts, never bashing the product. But yes, I can be critical. I've earned the right to be critical.

A trap in dealing with difficult people is getting wrapped up in their personality. When we can stay objective and remove ourselves from other people's roller-coaster psychology, we have a much better chance of moving through the situation positively.

You have to be coachable.

I spend a lot of time bathing in a glow of consensus, but you have to be willing to say something to people who might not agree with you and take the consequences of what follows.

When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give a kind of background to another's grief, against which it stands out more clearly. Whereas in your story the characters cry and you sigh. Yes, be more cold. ... The more objective you are, the stronger will be the impression you make.

We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open to criticism, bold about changing our policies and also cautious about changing our policies. We are not vindictive, childish, and we don't stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying.

Don't take my criticisms as iron-clad rules but more as suggestions.

Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the reason is... We've all heard that