To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers. — Sheila Nevins Copy Share Image
I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“[Leaves of Grass is] monstrous because it pretends to persuade the soul while it slights the intellect; because it pretends to gratify… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that some reviews are published in magazines and websites that are seen by millions of people, and other… — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
“[Ulysses] appears to have been written by a perverted lunatic who has made a speciality of the literature of the latrine… I… — Aramis Copy Share Image
Life is stranger than fiction. It's nice to have stuff that people don't know about. And it helps when you read a… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
If I get a bad review, I dont take it personally because everyone is entitled to their opinion. — Gareth Gates Copy Share Image
“Mr. Melville is evidently trying to ascertain how far the public will consent to be imposed upon. He is gauging, at once,… — John L. O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
“He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
You know, you get a bad review as a writer, you remember it for 10 years. You get a hundred good reviews,… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I never read bad reviews about myself, because my friends invariably tell me about them. — Oscar Levant Copy Share Image
I never expected to be in the papers. I personally never expected to be in the papers. The height of my ambition… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that just because a lot… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
“Even a bad review is still a review. It means someone cared enough to take the time to say: Hey, this sucks.… — C.W. Gortner Copy Share Image
“At a conservative estimate, one million dollars will be spent by American readers for this book [For Whom the Bell Tolls]. They… — Commonweal Copy Share Image
An important Italian critic once gave Fistful of Dollars a very bad review when it came out. Then he went to the… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I'd love to work on something that gets some type of critical respect. This business is sometimes so brutal - you work… — Jeff Cardoni Copy Share Image
Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“[About John Updike's Rabbit Run] The author fails to convince us that his puppets are interesting in themselves, or that their plight… — Chicago Tribune Copy Share Image
“An oxymoronic combination of the tough and tender, [Of Mice and Men] will appeal to sentimental cynics, cynical sentimentalists...Readers less easily thrown… — Time-Life Books Copy Share Image
