Reviewers Quotes

44 quotes by 40 authors

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when… — Lenny Bruce
Peer reviewers go for orthodoxy ... Many of the great 19th-century discoveries were made by men who had independent wealth-Charles Darwin is the prototype. They… — James Black
Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Under true peer-review...a panel of reviewers must accept a study before it can be published in a scientific journal. If the reviewers have objections the… — Richard Lindzen
Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes. — John O'Hara
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers, the agents, the… — Doris Lessing
Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are. — Art Spiegelman
In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved… — Christopher Darden
I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers… — Harper Lee
I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career. — Kate Smith
I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence… — Nia Vardalos
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 or… — John Grisham
I've had movies bomb with terrible reviews, I've had movies make a lot of money with terrible reviews, I've had movies get good reviews and… — Judd Apatow
I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once. — Roland Joffe
I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the… — Bobby Farrelly
I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much. — Bobby Farrelly
Writers take words seriously-perha ps the last professional class that does-and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and careless… — John Updike
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
In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the… — Michael Berryman
There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't… — Marguerite Young

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