Never believe in mirrors or newspapers

Typically we don't see many applicants from the coast, but it has been building since Katrina.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs

They spend their time mostly looking forward to the past

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs."

[Time Magazine, October 31, 1977]

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.