Quotes About Feedback

When I make criticism, it's constructive. It's not right only to focus on the negatives.

It's always nerve-racking, showing your parents things you've been working on.

You're always nervous about what critics say - about what anybody has to say, really.

The nervous system and the automatic machine are fundamentally alike in that they are devices, which make decisions on the basis of decisions they made in the past.

Never take your critics lightly. You must always try to win them over by your hard work. Don't brush them off.

I am not afraid to ask for feedback on my work or appearance, and try to never take that advice personally.

Amy Winehouse asked me a while ago if I had written any new songs. I played her something, and when I had finished, she looked at me and said, 'Is that it? Is that all you've got?'

Since I got a really bad review when I was, like, 28 in 'The New York Times,' I don't read reviews anymore.

I always got appreciation for the columns I wrote for newspapers.

The minute you watch your voice back with its proper animated character saying the words, that's when you learn exactly what you need to do next time.

In Korea, if a player makes a mistake, the other players don't like to point it out. Rather, they try to embrace it; they take the attitude, 'Let's do better next time.' But in the West, if you do something wrong, another player will make a point of saying something, and you will have to fix it immediately.

People come up and say very nice things about my work, like, 'You were great in 'Blood Diamond!'

I search my name on Twitter because I don't want to miss the compliments, and I favorite the nice things people say about me so they know I saw it. People are more positive than they are negative, and I try not to harp on the negative.

All players want nice things to be said and written about them and you have to take the reverse in equal measure.

There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer...', that director's going to hate your guts. Particularly if it's a good idea.

I'm not going to lie to you, it's a lot nicer to have cheers rather than boos.

People are going to think and take things how they're going to take it, and I have no control over that, so it's kind of like biding time until you get your feedback. So, it's like, once the public can consume what you're putting out there, then you know. Then you know hit, miss, in between.

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

Every writing teacher I ever had except for one told me I was an awful writer, had no idea what I was doing, and should stop immediately. It only took the one to tell me something different to light a fire under me.

If I have no idea how my race shapes me, I am probably not going to be open to any feedback about how your race shapes you.

I have no problem being wrong. I love it when somebody goes 'Channing you're wrong.'

There is no other way of guarding against adulation, than to make people understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth. On the other hand, when everyone feels at liberty to tell you the truth, they will be apt to be lacking in respect to you.

One commonly hears that carping critics complain about what is wrong, but do not present solutions. There is an accurate translation for that charge: 'They present solutions, but I don't like them.

He liked playing his music for her. She listened. When he played her something that sucked, she said so. Well, in a nice way, Theo thought. That kind of thing told him she was paying attention, real attention. Their mother never had. To much of anything. I'm not good with the word part. I just like doing the melody.