Books Quote by J. K. Rowling

It's always good to get good reviews. I read my reviews. There are a lot of writers who don't read their reviews at all.…

— Neel Mukherjee

I guess you have to be a little arrogant to be a writer. I decided early on that just because a lot of other…

— Roger Zelazny

I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's…

— Darryl Pinckney

“If I never received a bad review then I wouldn't be a real writer, but I much prefer the good ones”

— Charity Parkerson

I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them, and I…

— Tom Stoppard

Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It…

— Eleanor Catton

People adore bad reviews. Nobody would be interested in reading the good ones.

— Jay Rayner

I make a point of not reading reviews because of the old adage, if you read the good ones then you have to read…

— Peter Morgan

Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving books you…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Unless you're a terribly bad writer, you are never going to have too many readers.

— Andrew Wylie

Every year I tell myself that I'm not going to read any reviews and then I do. We're all human and when I read…

— Jodi Picoult

As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in…

— Christopher Moore