Show 1 h es e's s 0 0 I Curwood Discusses Critics I care very much what the 1 say about me and the writer 1 ys that he does not care is f an untruth His 1 r a case of extreme egoism of sour grapes For one toa toe to a a e does not care what the c write about him is quite ff U j to me an expression of or his at t he sits on a pedestal ai aid d n e criticism Possibly I fe feel l more In sympathy with tie tle s 5 of critics because I W wis en years a reporter and eda ed- ed a 1 a big metropolitan JS It know that they are hum humai u myself Some of or them like 11 ers ers at luncheon time Others J a a cheese sandwich or a I meal Some of or them like Iks Il ks Some dont don't I believe belleve e with a few exceptions an bunch and say what t y ty y rid nd In expressing their own ownS S 8 after atter reading a book of or id nd them an enormous help heip of my next book I 1 1 mean that I try to rette It personal opinions or en e myself against them In t but I do say that taken talen inas in- in Jas aas as a mass of readers with id d dislikes similar to my L y very frequently point out 11 Jin In my craftsmanship or I guard cuard against in in my ny I Criticism lends to disen- disen rn m t. t and I realize that it Issler is to be critical than in to tat t but at the same time tinie I that the critic IHie is 0 do his best according to convictions just as I an aTi amo o 0 do m my best and unless I t what he sees in my work Its ts out for me both its fl fIl u s I lues then I J am blind ana anale sable able le and to too n Ith my own ft I that I care calc very mu much h 1 h hat at the le critics say of ot me Ican I Je ean can they worry mee me 1 e in m my amateurish years year n D tore my heart into pieces illy feel Ceel that If ir the they realized lY their barbs hurt the tho l they would blunt their n. n kittle Ittle more But now I 1 tf ere ar to be critics lere urn up their noses nodes at my list J st 1st as I turn up mine at aton on for tor I that tf human in SIte of ot all been said about them and Ire must to a very large exl ex- ex and is 8 their own emotions fter reading a a. book Ocy Oc- Oc ICy IC- IC c lS l y there thele is a critic who r against an author having met him personally l of this type are ale very cry critics are a ac af aj c I j to me even when they f I They give glye a viewpoint ess ess or failure depends upon is 19 s The man or woman Sot stand criticism If It Ithon hon- hon h Wen n pen eE and profit by it is una un- un 1 un I j fool or a |