Review Quotes

324 Review quotes by 291 unique authors

I built a career on negative reviews. I didn't get a good review ever until Fran Lebowitz gave me a good review in Interview. That… — John Waters
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled… — David Mamet
It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can kind… — Mitchell Hurwitz
Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers start… — Sloane Crosley
A verbose, prosaic review which mentions whistling winds and the timeless feeling of jade doesn't mean anything to me; I don't need a novella telling… — David Cross
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a… — Pope Francis
Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer… — Al Gore
For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating. — Billy Corgan
As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates… — Rachel Cusk
Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review. — Robert Duvall
In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the… — Roger Ebert
I have published in 'The New Yorker,' 'Holiday,' 'Life,' 'Mademoiselle,' 'American Heritage,' 'Horizon,' 'The Ladies Home Journal,' 'The Kenyon Review,' 'The Sewanee Review,' 'Poetry,' 'Botteghe… — Paul Engle
Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. — Federico Fellini
When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada… — Harvey Fierstein
I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward… — Nathan Fillion
I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be… — Jane Fonda
When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review. — Scott Hamilton
If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the accusations that some… — Robin Hayes
A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to… — Christopher Hitchens
But in another, I think a woman's going to go into a shop to find a coat or a jacket and I just don't think… — Marc Jacobs
I started work on my first French history book in 1969; on 'Socialism in Provence' in 1974; and on the essays in Marxism and the… — Tony Judt
I'm only... I'm only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I'm a... I'm just screaming all over the… — Alan King
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five… — Anne Lamott
I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review. — Wynton Marsalis
Just as the police review their operational tactics, so we in the Home Office will review the powers available to the police. — Theresa May

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