Honesty Quote by Scott Lynch

“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

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

— Mitchell Hurwitz

“Listen very carefully to the first criticisms of your work. Note just what it is about your work that the reviewers don’t like; it…

— Jean Cocteau

“Leave a Review!”

— Johnny B. Laughing

The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.

— Salman Rushdie

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

— Joanne Harris

I was amplifying the negative at the expense of the positive, not to serve any useful function, not to make my writing better, but…

— Seth Godin

“A bad review is a good review. The worst review they can give you is no review at all, and that’s the one they…

— Todd Snider

“Positive reviews are energizing. Negative reviews are teaching moments and the writer must pay attention, gleaning what is helpful and ignoring the personal jabs.”

— Liz Cowan

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

— C.C. Alma

“Let us leave it to the reviewers to abuse such effusions of fancy at their leisure and over every new novel to talk in…

— Jane Austen

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

— Anish Kapoor