VesemirTheWitcher

“Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”

― E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel

This rings true. so, critique may even have nothing to do with the thing it's concerning.

“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

 

some say you should heed it, because it's important, yet some say you should ignore it, because it's mostly worthless hurtful slander, some say you should filter the good from the bad, but i doubt most people do that. I mean, I don't do that, and I don't get too much criticism... now imagine you're famous in one way or another. filtering seems way too much work for someone successful.