Forget Quote by Irwin Shaw Download Open image “All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.” — Irwin Shaw ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Forget Remember Reviews Thousand Writing
Writers are funny about reviews: when they get a good one they ignore it-- but when they get a bad review they never forget… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
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I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different. — Rene Russo Copy Share Image
I can't lie and say there are no bad writers. Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“If I never received a bad review then I wouldn't be a real writer, but I much prefer the good ones” — Charity Parkerson Copy Share Image
All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination. — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Every writer prefers good reviews over bad ones, and every writer wants to have lots of readers. But if it doesn't happen, that's fine… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“There are no bad writers only people with different taste and opinions” — Vianka Van Bokkem Copy Share Image
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“The world," said Pavone, "will swing to the left. The whole world except America. The world will swing, not because people read Karl Marx,… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“This time it is not a simple, understandable war, within the same culture. This time it is an assault of the animal world upon… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“The abuse of alcohol,” Mr. Parrish said in a solemn, preacher-like voice, as he reached for his glass, “is the one thing that puts… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's… — Kangana Ranaut Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Which people take the time to care for their souls, these days? I reckon not many. But...hear this: I think that maybe in our… — Susan Fletcher Copy Share Image
The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count. — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel,' anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.' — Cheryl Ladd Copy Share Image
In the name of Jerusalem. If I forget the extermination of the Jews, may my right hand wither, may my tongue stick to my… — Menachem Begin Copy Share Image
