Carlos Fuentes Quotes

If you're going to succeed, then you just have to be thick-skinned. It's something I developed early in my career, and it just goes with the territory.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

I don't know how much longer that's going to last but I can tell you this much: If I was to listen and pay attention to everyone that criticized me for, some rightly and some wrongly, I'd stay home under the bed. I don't mean under the covers, I mean under the bed. I would never have achieved a single thing.

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "The courage to be hated."

I love having critics for breakfast.

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

Success is survival.

I can't hear the critics talking over the applause.

If you work hard and you play well, all those critics quiet themselves pretty quickly.

I think my favorite fact about myself is that I have never been dismayed by a critic's bilge or bile, and have never once in my life asked or thanked a reviewer for a review.

hat whole phrase, "daring greatly," is from the Theodore Roosevelt quote that goes back to your original question of, what about the critics? And when I read his quote it was life-changing. "It's not the critic who counts; it's not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done the better.

Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.

Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.

I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.

We all survive more than we think we can.

I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.

I have my detractors, no doubt about it. I look at it as a compliment.

Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.

People like to tear you down. People are always going to take shots. You've just got to go for it.