Book Quote by Manuel Puig

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

— Tibor Fischer

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

— Edward Abbey

I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.

— Richard Ford

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

— Jeanette Winterson

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

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to…

— Toni Morrison

Haven't read a book for years - keep buying them and never getting round to reading them - I never seem to have the…

— Limahl

The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them.

— Jackie Collins

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

— Jackie Collins

I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been writing and…

— Paul Auster

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

— Jami Attenberg

I don't read reviews, There's no value for me in reading them. Whether they're good or bad, they'll just make me self-conscious.

— Mary Stuart Masterson