Quotes About Feedback

Focus groups are a waste of time, filled with people telling you what you want to hear so they can go home.

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.

My wife is my in-home editor and reads everything I write.

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 all.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?

When people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was.

I had a survey done on my house. 8 out of 10 people said they really rather liked it

Don't pay any attention to the critics; don't even ignore them.

Don't boo people! Don't boo! Be more specific! Like, 'WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?! I HATE THAT! I HATE IT!'

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.

Unless you have 100% customer satisfaction, you must improve.

The customer is never wrong.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

Customer complaints are the schoolbooks from which we learn.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

Right or wrong, the customer is always right.