Book Quote by Anthony Burgess

Today there are a lot of novelists who seem to be writing to be reviewed, not read.

— Pete Hamill

I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them, and I…

— Tom Stoppard

I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything.

— Ann Beattie

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

— Tibor Fischer

I do not believe writers should read reviews of their own books, and I do not. If one is not careful one is soon…

— Louis L'Amour

I sometimes think there is nothing really to be said about a novel but 'read the book.' I have a jaundiced view of literary…

— Mark Kurlansky

A writer writes a book. People read it. You don't know what they're reading, really. You read a review and think, "That is so…

— James Salter

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…) A good novel editor is invisible.

— Terri Windling

Nowadays, I only review books I really like. It's cowardly, I know, but I figure it's not my job to make people unhappy. I'll…

— Meg Rosoff

I am never much interested in the effects of what I write…I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two times out…

— H. L. Mencken

America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And I think…

— A. S. Byatt

I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel…

— John Grisham