Air Quote by John Irving

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

— Tibor Fischer

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

If a reviewer is beating me up, I just say, 'Oh well, my writing is not to his or her taste.' And that's as…

— Dan Brown

There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.

— Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

“A bad review – or several— is, of course, one of the unavoidable pitfalls of being published.Some authors cry. Others get drunk. Most get…

— C.W. Gortner

“Honest Book reviews done by skilled reviewers helps Authors a lot to work hard and come up with an optimum out come.....”

— Sanjeev K. Sharma

“Either way, you wrote the book and now you’re complaining about the reviews I’m giving it,” I quipped.”

— Tarryn Fisher

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'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…

— John Grisham

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

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of…

— John Green

I prefer a good review. A bad review that dismisses us... I take it with a grain of salt. I go, 'Okay, they didn't…

— Benji Madden