Grayson Allen Quotes

You can read 50 great things about yourself, but the one bad thing will be what you remember most.

People forget the good, because the bad has more punch.

When I get hate mail, I get really down on myself, and I read it to my mom, and my mom is like, 'So what? Who cares? These people don't know you, so you can't take the praise or the hate to heart.'

I've learned to develop a thick skin, but you're bound to be affected when you read something bad about yourself in the paper and it's rubbed in your face over and over.

For some reason if we hear 100 praises and one criticism, we focus on that one hurtful thing.

I think you remember certain phrases from bad reviews. You don't remember all the bad reviews.

The bad reviews get to me, believe me.

If one person in a thousand criticized me while all the others cheered, I didn't hear the cheers.

I used to get so many nasty comments when I cut my hair short, and it upset me.

I got booed a lot of places.

Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much.

I can have a thousand people say the nicest things, but I'll always notice the one person who doesn't get me.

The resentment that criticism engenders can demoralize employees, family members and friends, and still not correct the situation that has been condemned.

You know, you get a bad review as a writer, you remember it for 10 years. You get a hundred good reviews, you forget them all. You say hello to a hundred people in the city and it doesn't mean anything to you. One racist comment passes by, and it sticks with you a decade.

You can hear a hundred nice words about yourself, and you'll only remember the one bad one.

I try not to read too much because what ends up happening is that you ignore the nice reviews and you just focus on the bad reviews. A negative lesson is learned seven times deeper than a positive reinforcement.

A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.

When you put someone down all the time, eventually they stop listening to the sensible stuff.

You know, I can't remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.

I would rather have people be even cynical about me than to feed the negative vibe.

One has so many more opinions about what has gone wrong than about what is perfect.

Reviews are destructive by their very nature.

I live in the house bad reviews built.

Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism.

Its not just a smile of momentary happiness. When it disappears from my face, it will stay with me.