Berating Quote by Emily Barton

I was engrossed with the book, I was having difficulties with it, and I just didn't notice the years were going by.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Usually, when somebody really hates your book, they're not going to waste time on it, telling you what you need to work on.

— Jay Asher

Your function as a critic is to show that it is really you yourself who should have written the book, if you had had…

— Stephen Potter

I'm always a bit disappointed when I've finished working on a book.

— Chris Van Allsburg

I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book.

— Groucho Marx

Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.

— Al Jaffee

I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.

— Gerald Scarfe

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…

— Eddie Campbell

I can tell you that my contribution based on my interpretation of the book is unchanged. The other things, in terms of doing the…

— Sean Penn

I'm just not a good reader, so I haven't been able to sit down and get myself through an entire book in my whole…

— Billy Burke

I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.

— Jenny Han

I worked on my book for about seven years and I had no idea it would be so timely when it was published.

— T. J. Stiles