Monsieur Flaubert is not a writer. [1857]

To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers.

— Sheila Nevins

I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.

— Truman Capote

I think you remember certain phrases from bad reviews. You don't remember all the bad reviews.

— John Updike

One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at…

— Seth Godin

“[Leaves of Grass is] monstrous because it pretends to persuade the soul while it slights the intellect; because it pretends to gratify the feelings…

— Henry James

The funny thing is that some reviews are published in magazines and websites that are seen by millions of people, and other reviews are…

— Jeffrey Lewis

“[Ulysses] appears to have been written by a perverted lunatic who has made a speciality of the literature of the latrine… I have no…

— Aramis

Life is stranger than fiction. It's nice to have stuff that people don't know about. And it helps when you read a bad review.…

— Dolph Lundgren

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

— Steve Martin

The critics gave me bad reviews on every movie I made.

— Hal Needham

If I get a bad review, I dont take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion.

— Gareth Gates

“Mr. Melville is evidently trying to ascertain how far the public will consent to be imposed upon. He is gauging, at once, our gullibilty…

— John L. O'Sullivan

Bad reviews come with everything. I've been getting them my whole life.

— Will Friedle

“He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered…

— H.L. Mencken

When you are one of the best coaches in the world, it is normal to attract bad reviews if you lose a couple of…

— Ander Herrera