Book Quote by Chuck Klosterman

The people who review my books, generally, are kind of youngish culture writers who aspire to write books. When someone writes a book review,…

— Chuck Klosterman

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

I think anyone who's not as good a writer as me is absolutely a hack, and I think anybody who's a slightly better writer…

— Chuck Klosterman

Critics stopped being relevant when they stopped writing to inform and contextualize, and when they started writing to signal who they are, to display…

— Tucker Max

I don't think of myself as a critic at all. I'm a reviewer and essayist. I mainly hope to share with others my pleasure…

— Michael Dirda

I'm not a critic so much of my own writing. People must make up their own minds over that.

— William Golding

When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates…

— Veronica Roth

I feel like people who criticize authors for being self-promotional fail to recognize that a lot of times their ability to continue writing hinges…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

My feeling is that I think writers in general tend to be self-conscious and it takes a bit of a leap of faith or…

— Conor Oberst

I've learned not to attach personal feelings to critics who review your work. It's their opinions, their perceptions - it's a very subjective thing,…

— Steven Bauer

Most of those who spend their lives as critics secretly wish they'd be considered important enough for someone to bother criticizing them.

— Jim Goad

Yea, there is no way you can get away from critics. It's all over the net. Sometimes it's useful to read things, good or…

— Alexandre Desplat