Christopher Paolini Quotes

You have to take your ego out of it and say, do I want people to be obsequious to me or do I want to write good books? If it's the latter, you have to take criticism. It's annoying, but that's how to do good stuff; listen to other people.

Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science.

When people criticise you, you've got to listen to that criticism, and to learn from it, which I've tried to do.

There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.

I learned that it's important to treat yourself like a work in progress, to think about how you can improve, to listen to feedback.

I have to accept constructive criticism.

I don't have any problem with people correcting me and telling me how I can be better.

I love constructive criticism.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it.

I'm very open to constructive criticism.

I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.

It is not easy for me to accept criticism and reassess my way of doing things.

I'm always trying to improve. I think I take criticism constructively.