There have been two [career highlights]. Waking up in New York to hear I'd been nominated for Best Actor for a Tony… — Martin Shaw Copy Share Image
As a publisher what you are trying to build is a long life for a book, to help it find its readers… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
I've done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading things and they're good… — Jenny Agutter Copy Share Image
Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example,… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
A review of seventy-four clinical trials of antidepressants, for example, found that thirty-seven of thirty-eight positive studies [that praised the drugs] were… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second Coming that would not be cut down… — John Updike 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
I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or… — Rufus Wainwright 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
I mean when the book first came out it was not a bestseller, but it got good reviews and at that point… — Bob Colacello Copy Share Image
It's great when you can bait and switch people - and I don't mean that in a negative way, I mean that… — Richard Shepard Copy Share Image
“The endorsements on books aren’t entirely impartial. Unbeknownst to the average reader, blurbs are more often than not from the writer’s best… — Rachel Donadio Copy Share Image
Meaning can be usually be approximated, but often by sacrificing style. When I review my translations into Spanish, that's what I'm most… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
From Iraq to Guantanamo Bay, international standards and the framework of international law are being given less when they should be given… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Would you like to assist me with my choice of underwear as well?” My sarcasm whistled right over his head. “I would… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
If you hear a good idea, capture it; write it down. Don't trust your memory. Then on a cold wintry evening, go… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
The truth is that I'm never sure how any of my books will be received, and because I can be thin-skinned, I… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The Olympics are getting mixed reviews. People are angry at NBC for showing a promo that revealed the winner of a swimming… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Combined families often get bad reviews, but the family my children got when they traded away 'the suffocating four-person' nuclear one is… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but are stuck… — David Ives Copy Share Image
When you're free of editorial control, you owe it to yourself to obtain feedback from friends and readers. Some take those criticisms… — Scott McCloud Copy Share Image
Do I use VORP? I may be using it and not even know it, and if I am, it's nobody's business. There… — Ned Colletti Copy Share Image
The power of the print reviewer is one of those urban myths. There have always been shows that slipped under the critical… — Ben Brantley Copy Share Image
My review of 2001, the year, is the same as my review of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It went on too long,… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I don't read reviews. I haven't read them for probably 30 years. I can't. When they're bad, they're really rough, and when… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
We are all on a collision course with ourselves. Inevitably, our existing habits will be counter-productive to achieving our bigger picture goals.… — John Fairclough Copy Share Image
It is abundantly clear that a total review of all intelligence programs is necessary so that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No!… — Diane Ladd 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
Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Using awareness, personal responsibility and inner work to review our unskillful or frightened reactions, we become more adept at turning habitual reactions… — John Earle Copy Share Image
If a book I've committed myself to review turns out to be 'disappointing' I make an effort to present it objectively to… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
We'll review President Obama's plan [on closing Guantanamo], but since it includes bringing dangerous terrorists to facilities in U.S. communities, he should… — Audie Cornish Copy Share Image
When we talk about reviews, what we are really talking about is just a market report - it's like reading about the… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
We will also require that follow-up reviews take place on a regular basis determined by the sensitive nature of the security involved.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The critics have been writing me off for 20 years. That's nothing new. As far as I know I still have plenty… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image