Book reviews Quote by Oliver Markus Malloy

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

— Alex Kapranos

“FYI, I’m giving this establishment a really crappy Yelp review.”

— J.R. Ward

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their…

— Anonymous

My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.

— Hank Stuever

Food fads are the bane of the critic's life because you're served the same thing again and again.

— Grace Dent

In the very beginning, Yelp started as a service where we really didn't think people would write reviews for fun. The whole concept of…

— Jeremy Stoppelman

I think Yelp is neither good nor bad for the food industry. I find it useless.

— Andrew Zimmern

“I try not to hate anybody. "Hate is a four-letter word," like the bumper sticker says. But I hate book reviewers. Book reviewers are…

— Steve Hely

“I don’t generally publicly respond to reviews, no matter how wrong-headed or perspicacious I think them. Nine times out of ten, writers’ responses to…

— China Miéville

“It is very much in the interest of the food industry to exacerbate our anxieties about what to eat, the better to then assuage…

— Michael Pollan

“Readers have the right to say whatever the fuck they want about a book. Period. They have that right. If they hate the book…

— Stacia Kane

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

— Jim Harrison