I did think reviewers were supposed to be polite about story collections - collections are rather delicate creatures in the literary environment… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
That's what people need to remember about reviewers; opinions can be all over the spectrum, and you just need to find a… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, In such a state as theirs, is… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
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 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
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
As a children's author, reviewers are generally very nice to you. I only ever wrote one adult book and received such a… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered,… — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
“But 'I worked hard on this' doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me.… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I think testing films are a great tool. And I think showing them to people that you value their opinion is important,… — Bradley Cooper Copy Share Image
I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care… — Lauren Grodstein Copy Share Image
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers,… — Doris Lessing 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
I've been reading reviews of my stories for twenty-five years, and can't remember a single useful point in any of them, or… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
When I began to read as an adult, I read almost exclusively novelists of a generation back. I did the Russians, then… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I've had movies bomb with terrible reviews, I've had movies make a lot of money with terrible reviews, I've had movies get… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Religion embarrasses the commentators. It is offbounds. An editor of the old Life magazine once assigned me a book on religion with… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
If you read reviews that you think by their very nature are not respectful of the actresses involved or not appreciating the… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the… — Johannes Brahms 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
[Reviewing the New York City Telephone Directory] But it is the opinion of the present reviewer that the weakness of plot is… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I was on the junior team when I was a freshman, that's how good I was. But I wasn't on my eighth-grade… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
The thing about albums is just coming up with new material. I just got tired of that syndrome of putting out an… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Peer reviewers go for orthodoxy ... Many of the great 19th-century discoveries were made by men who had independent wealth-Charles Darwin is… — James Black Copy Share Image
I don't care what reviewers think. If somebody hates a performance of mine, I kind of get a kick out of it.… — Stephen Baldwin Copy Share Image
In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman.… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
The main advantage of being a reviewer is that you read a lot. A lot of books get sent to you, and… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
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Lazy reviewers look up other people's reviews and they write the same thing, so you get people writing crap based on crap. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
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When an older writer tries to tell a younger writer through a review what kind of career she should be pursuing, it… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
Reviewers are certainly entitled to their own opinions. I've become buddies with enough writers and directors, and to be perfectly honest, the… — Evan Daugherty Copy Share Image
Reviewers and critics can be overly cynical. If something the least bit sentimental comes up, they'll often start flying off the handle.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't usually read my reviews. I've noticed older reviewers are much more bothered by the plot complications. Younger reviews don't seem… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show. — Carroll O'Connor Copy Share Image
It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
“It is certainly the case that if you are often reviewed, you will find yourself repeatedly blamed and praised for saying what… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Whenever a text-book is written of real educational worth, you may be quite certain that some reviewer will say that it will… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
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