Rush Limbaugh Quotes

Half the time, people will be abusing me on Twitter, and half the time, somebody will be praising me. So either it will go to my head, or I will take it to my heart. So better I stay away from it.

Social media has come a long way. With the good has come some bad, and you always have a lot of people hiding behind their computers and being very critical of what you do on and off the field, of what you tweet, of what you say, of everything you do.

I don't read the comments people write about me - it's not worth it.

Thank God the Internet didn't exist when I was 15, 16. I knew people were tearing me apart, but my God, if there had been a net and commenters and I would have been reading them - it was bad enough as it was. To grow up in the media eye, I'm glad it happened, but that was definitely not healthy being around adults all the time.

I'm vulnerable reading people's comments on Facebook.

I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care.

I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.

I stay off the Internet, because I'm very sensitive to commentary. There could be 10 comments of 'Fabulous job!' and one 'She's horrible!' and it completely throws me.

It's really hard when people write nasty things about you all the time. As much as good things are said about you, it's always those one or two bad comments that really stay with you and gnaw at you. I try not to read that stuff if I can.

I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I'm a human being.

When I post anything at all on Instagram or Twitter, I get hundreds and hundreds of 'shut up' after I say anything. But it's all out of love.

The best advice I received came late, and it's this: Don't read the comments section of any story that mentions you!

I get too upset by online criticism.

People who take time out to dole out opinion on social media are negative people.

I've tried to stop reading comments online because if you believe everything, it makes you feel like rubbish.

I don't read things that people say about me online. They write nasty things just to mess with you. I don't need that in my life.

You know that social media can be a harsh thing, man.

I've had to learn not to read all the bad comments, or if you do, try and not take it into your soul, body, brain, and heart.

I try not to look at stories on the Internet because I don't want to psych myself out. I kinda half to stay off the Internet. I'm not thick-skinned enough. I get too sensitive. I don't want it to effect what I'm doing.

It's nice to be able to directly speak to fans and thank them for their support. The only time that it can get tricky is when they are unkind or say things that may not be so easy to say if they weren't behind a computer. Bullying is never ok. I personally have only experienced it very infrequently so overall I enjoy Twitter and Instagram but I'm definitely aware of it.

The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.

Luckily my fans are so lovely and I haven't really had to - what's the phrase? - "Clap back at the trolls?" Every now and then I do get a troll that mentions my skin color and calls me ugly names, though, like "Dark Monkey." Most of the time those people have their pages blocked, or you can't even see their profile picture. I can't focus on that. What I've realized is that I have the power to control how I feel about what they say.

People are going so far as to kill themselves over the things that happen online.

I never knew I was so stupid or so ugly until there was social media.