56 Quotes About Self-criticism

Next time you're feeling a certain way about your age, look at those who are older than you and excelling greatly for a self-esteem boost.

Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it."(Casual Chance, 1964)

He found his voice in the silences, where he could sing as loud and as long as he wanted with no one to complain of it.

We are all failures- at least the best of us are.

You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own empurpled prose? Relax into the awareness that this ghastly sensation will never, ever leave you, no matter how successful and publicly lauded you become. It is intrinsic to the real business of writing and should be cherished.

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

Before thinking about what you are going to say, think about what I am saying.

People often miss out on their own human genius because they’re trying to be more perfect than the gods.

We must clean the lens of our hearts to see the state of our souls. However, too often the former is too dirty to even know that the latter exists.