Books Quote by Meg Rosoff

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 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

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

I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year,…

— Cyril Connolly

So many book sections in newspapers and magazines used to be lively and vibrant places. Now they are gone. You just don't see many…

— 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

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions…

— George Orwell

I don't want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading.

— Dorothy Parker

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

— Richard Ford

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

— Jim Harrison

I don't read reviews or take any feedback from anyone. Here's the thing: The stories don't even care what I think about them. They…

— J.R. Ward

I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life.

— Lev Grossman