![]() Author has written 83 stories for Harry Potter. If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship. The multitude of books is making us ignorant. About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. |