Pay attention Quote by Liz Cowan

I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's…

— Darryl Pinckney

I try not to read too much because what ends up happening is that you ignore the nice reviews and you just focus on…

— Cary Fukunaga

It's much easier to say negative things in a review.

— Mitchell Hurwitz

“I welcome reviews from all readers. I take criticism well; but please . . . no comments on my author face!”

— C.C. Alma

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

You get terribly depressed if they're bad for you and if they're good then you start playing your reviews, emphasizing those things that the…

— Rosemary Harris

“I don’t generally publicly respond to reviews, no matter how wrong-headed or perspicacious I think them. Nine times out of ten, writers’ responses to…

— China Miéville

“I never can understand why people take the time to leave a negative review on a book or piece of artwork. There are other…

— KL Adams

“Critics are important. They give us the reasons, knowingly or unknowingly, not to fall, slumber or deviate from our true purpose . If only…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

— Joanne Harris

“If I never received a bad review then I wouldn't be a real writer, but I much prefer the good ones”

— Charity Parkerson

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes…

— Patti Smith