“[William Dean] Howells applauded, and was full of praises and endorsement, which was wise in him and judicious. If he had manifested a different spirit I would have thrown him out of the window. I like criticism, but it must be my way.”

— Mark Twain

Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (2010), p. 441

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