Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

My music asks people to think critically, so how can I get upset when people think about me critically?

I appreciate both good and bad - I don't want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.

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

I take criticism very positively if it's genuine.

If I can understand criticism, I take it very seriously. But it's a process; it doesn't happen overnight.

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.

I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I chose to not ignore them here and I think that I benefited. I think I'm stronger for it - and I have a tougher skin as a result.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

We can be critical of the things that we love. That is possible.

I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.

Reviews are great. I can read negative reviews and say, 'You know that point they made... they were dead on.'

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

Try really, really hard not to judge your own work too harshly.

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

I would be hard-pressed to look back at anything that I have done in my career and not say, 'I would have done that a little different' because hindsight is 20/20.

Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

You know, the benefit in life is to say, 'Maybe you made a mistake, let's dig deep.'

I believe in criticism.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

I think everybody has a moment in their career where you have to test whether it was right or wrong. We've all been there. I've looked back at performances of my own, where only you know if it is something you want to repeat. As long as you know when it's not right that you don't repeat it all the time.

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

I am grateful for even the sharpest criticism as long as it addresses the point.

I find that quite enjoyable, trying to see the downsides of someone.