“A writer hopes never to offend, but if he must, pray let him offend the gods before the reviewers.” — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
I do this for the sake of myself. It's a selfish process. I don't really have any expectations from anyone for your… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“Envy isn’t always green; it’s often black and white!" (On book reviews - from an article written in 2013)” — Eric J. Gates Copy Share Image
As my body lay dead on that stretcher (he later recovered from being struck by lightning attracted by his cell phone), I… — Dannion Brinkley Copy Share Image
There's no artist in this world that doesn't enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Using human rights commitments more effectively, either as part of negotiations in the WTO or as part of the trade policy review… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
It's funny, because '1600 Penn' was the first time I really started to read the reviews, because I am an executive producer… — Josh Gad Copy Share Image
[To the critic who wrote a negative review:] I am sitting in the smallest room of the house. Your review is before… — Tallulah Bankhead Copy Share Image
I know better than to read reviews but I do it anyway. Somebody described my pacing as 'glacial.' I wasn't thrilled, but… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The idea to make hotel reviews the form of the novel came first. So I just started writing hotel reviews and tried… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
Plays can outlast even the opinions of the chief film critic of The New York Times and that reviews, although they feel… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
As a critic, I try very hard to say exactly what I think. And in a medium in which we are well-known… — Gene Siskel Copy Share Image
In these unfiltered, un-moderated social media posts people are speculating about others' motivations. And you could no more put that in a… — Susan Fiske Copy Share Image
People habituate themselves to let things pass through their minds, as one may speak, rather than to think of them. Thus by… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
Commercial books don't even get covered. The reason why so many book reviews go out of business is because they cover a… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
We [ with Edward Herman] believe that the empirical evidence we review there - and elsewhere, in a great deal of joint… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I'm always surprised when people say, "Oh, it got such mixed reviews." I guess I didn't read them. — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
Critics always get the lyrics wrong in reviews, which is amusing - especially when they use them against you. — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
I've always thought that reviews and knowing how much your fans appreciate or don't like something, that's the sugar coating. I'm trying… — Chaz Bundick Copy Share Image
The true experimenters are there but no-one hears about them - the critical/review system tends to concentrate on the handful of 'major'… — John Scott Copy Share Image
All reviews should carry a Surgeon General's warning. The good ones turn your head, the bad ones break your heart. — David Ives Copy Share Image
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