You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms.
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.
Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing
My views naturally have mellowed. Most of the critics have been more or less nice to me