The Philosophy of Haters and Creators

“Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn — and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”

Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends and Influence People (33)

“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that almost every writer of fiction or poetry who has ever published a line has been accused by someone of wasting his or her God-given talent. If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that’s all.”

Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (50)

People can be haters or creators.

Haters are faultfinders who “boast of their own high ideals” (Beecher 127). They feel superior when they make other people feel inferior. Rather than channeling their energy…