Book Quote by Hilary Mantel

When I began to read as an adult, I read almost exclusively novelists of a generation back. I did the Russians, then I started…

— Hilary Mantel

Originally I was going to write a fashion style guide, but then my publishers suggested I write a novel instead.

— Tinsley Mortimer

Authors are often sent a number of books to read for possible review and advance praise. It can be easy for new books to…

— Kameron Hurley

Nowadays, I only review books I really like. It's cowardly, I know, but I figure it's not my job to make people unhappy. I'll…

— Meg Rosoff

I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my…

— Jean M. Auel

The main advantage of being a reviewer is that you read a lot. A lot of books get sent to you, and you have…

— Lev Grossman

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless,…

— Tama Janowitz

I've always kind of thought that reviews written by readers for readers are a kind of private space between consumers. It's their right to…

— J.R. Ward

Just as readers often turn into writers, novel-writers often become novel-reviewers.

— Naomi Alderman

I check fashion magazines when I'm published in them to make sure that my work looks good, and then I kind of put it…

— Erik Madigan Heck

An intelligent man or woman willing to make a career of reviewing fiction is hard to come by ... And the temporaries do the…

— Storm Jameson

Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book and sent…

— Michael Scott