Books Quote by C.C. Alma

“I love to read, but I'm not a reviewer. I'll leave the reviewing to someone else. Suffice it to say, if I'm reading your…

— John Inman

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

— Joanne Harris

“Authors, reviews are not for you. They are not for you. Authors, reviews are not for you.”

— Stacia Kane

“i really like when someone reads my book and then review and rate it. this is very important to me because it shows me…

— Robert Trouble Johnson

“Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.”

— Ezra Pound

“I might also say, regarding reviews and reviewers, that I have yet to read a review of any of my own books which I…

— Edward Abbey

“Book reviewer: Very often a writer who has never been published taking out their frustrations on a writer who has.”

— Raul Ramos y Sanchez

“Listen very carefully to the first criticisms of your work. Note just what it is about your work that the reviewers don’t like; it…

— Jean Cocteau

“I have had a lot of readers of my book tell me that they like it, but so far only two reviews have been…

— Rollis Fontenot Jr

“If I never received a bad review then I wouldn't be a real writer, but I much prefer the good ones”

— Charity Parkerson

“I don’t generally publicly respond to reviews, no matter how wrong-headed or perspicacious I think them. Nine times out of ten, writers’ responses to…

— China Miéville

Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He…

— E. M. Forster