Book Review Quotes

23 Book Review quotes by 22 unique authors

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines… — Sara Paretsky
Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes. — John O'Hara
A mom reads you like a book, and wherever she goes, people read you like a glowing book review. — Robert Breault
If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to be dynamic. Most… — Patricia Hampl
A book reviewer is usually a barker before the door of a publisher's circus. — Austin O'Malley
You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't… — John Irving
Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. This just goes to show… — Peter Morville
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging,… — Mel Torme
Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book. — Tibor Fischer
Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination. — Stephen Vizinczey
I'm interested in so many different things and I'd like to cover a lot of territory. I'm trying to see my show as the Sunday… — Joy Behar
If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
I look upon book reviews as an infantile disease which new-born books are subject to. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
So, you see, it's a real chore for me to write a book review because it's like a contest. It's like I'm writing that book… — John Irving
I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life. — Lev Grossman
My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder… — Erica Jong
Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time. — Manuel Puig
The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks...Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back in… — Tim Dorsey
I'd sit at my kitchen table and start scanning help-wanted ads on my laptop, but then a browser tab would blink and I'd get distracted… — Robin Sloan
A week or so ago I did a two hour book review in Baltimore Maryland. — Betty Hill
The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book. — Walter Kaufmann
How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or a book review,… — John Banville
I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't got… — Eddie Campbell

Who Wrote These Book Review Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 23 Book Review Quotes as follows: