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I don't read the critics.

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics.

I like critics with strong opinions.

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.

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.

But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but I always insist that I can't hear them. If you give value to the good reviews, you have to give value to the criticism.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.

The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning.