Book Quote by Matt Taibbi

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

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

“Ah, but sir,' said Lascelles, 'it is precisely by passing judgments upon other people's work and pointing out their errors that readers can be…

— Susanna Clarke

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

— Tibor Fischer

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

“Besides,” said Mr Norrell, “I really have no desire to write reviews of other people's books. Modern publications upon magic are the most pernicious…

— Susanna Clarke

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

— Edward Abbey

Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He…

— E. M. Forster

I am never much interested in the effects of what I write....I seldom read with any attention the reviews of my...books. Two times out…

— H. L. Mencken

I don't read reviews, and I try not to read articles about me. It taints your outlook: if you believe the good things, you've…

— Bonnie Langford

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

— Joanne Harris

If there's a good review, I'll skip over the headline, but I always find the bad reviews and read those. I don't know why.…

— Damien Chazelle