Bad reviews Quote by Le Figaro Download Open image ““Monsieur Flaubert is not a writer. [1857]”” — Le Figaro ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad reviews Writing
I have a boundless passion for Flaubert. It's unthinkable to me that someone might not have read 'Madame Bovary.' He writes with a scalpel.… — Brigitte Macron Copy Share Image
“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe." — Gustave Flaubert” — Minnie Estelle Miller Copy Share Image
I am finishing a biography of [Gustave] Flaubert. Because he is the opposite of what I am. One needs to rub up against argument. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Proust, who did not greatly admire Flaubert, except perhaps in his narrow sense as a stylist - or perhaps only did not care very… — Enid Starkie Copy Share Image
“And one gathers from this enormous modern literature of confes- 11 sion and self- analysis that to write a work of genius is almost… — Lee A. Jacobus Copy Share Image
“Fleury had succeeded (but only with difficulty) in overcoming certain qualms as to whether selling one’s life as dearly as possible, or even putting… — J G Farrell Copy Share Image
“I am by profession an agent and no writer, so you will have to pardon any lack of literary flourish.” — Julian Darius Copy Share Image
Flaubert's famous sentence, "Madame Bovary, c'est moi" ("Madame Bovary, she is me"), in reality means, " Madame Bovary, c'est nous" ("Madame Bovary, she is… — Sophie Barthes Copy Share Image
“Despite his money and his looks and all the good-on-paper attributes he possessed, he was not a reader, and, well, let's just say that… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
“Now that I was a novelist, I could not face the ignominy of failing to produce novels.” — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
“If you don't write with the reader in mind, you are not a writer, period.” — Tom Grimes Copy Share Image
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 criticism at… — 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 the feelings… — 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 reviews are… — 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 have no… — 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 bad review.… — 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, our gullibilty… — 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 of tattered… — 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
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