I am a bad reporter because everything seems to me worth reporting; and a bad reviewer because every sentence in every book… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I have to accept the fact that I was putting out records that reviewers were going to get an image from. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
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In lots of books I read, the writer seems to go haywire every time he reaches a high point. He’ll start leaving… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
If most of the reviewers are white cis men, if most of the distributors are white cis men, most of the executives… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
I don't read the reviews because they're too horrible and the reviewers have not been big supporters of mine over the years,… — Rob Cohen Copy Share Image
When you become published and become a reviewer, piles of books come along and you are pushed by fashion and what you… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I couldn't give a sh*t what they have to say. As soon as I go home and see my husband James Thornton… — Joanna Page Copy Share Image
Several people, not just reviewers, took me to task for writing about what they called the working classes - something I've been… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Critics are giving marks for originality, acting, photography and scripting, while mass audiences are more drawn to familiarity of genre, stars they… — Mark Lawson Copy Share Image
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You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason… — John Irving Copy Share Image
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In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject… — Michael Berryman Copy Share Image
Some reviewer might be out there saying, obviously Edge of Darkness didn't come off because of the script, blah blah blah, but… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
If the bible were published as fiction, no reviewer would give it a passing grade. There are some vivid scenes and quotable… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The critics and the reviewers are more frightening than anything else! — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
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