Accepting Quote by Robert Cormier

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

Reviews are extremely subjective, but I have respect for them.

— Parvathy

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

Reviewers are certainly entitled to their own opinions. I've become buddies with enough writers and directors, and to be perfectly honest, the ones that…

— Evan Daugherty

It's weird being an author because it's different than writing songs. You put so much more of yourself out there to be judged because…

— Dean Wareham

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 abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about…

— Anton Chekhov

I'm never a fan of the sociopathic kind of reviewing, people who are sort of self-immolating and have social problems or whatever, and let…

— Dave Eggers

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

— Tibor Fischer

I do not believe writers should read reviews of their own books, and I do not. If one is not careful one is soon…

— Louis L'Amour

Do not be critics, you people, I beg you. I was a critic and I wish I could take it all back because it…

— Dave Eggers

I read reviews of critics I respect and feel I can learn something from. Right now there are a lot of bottom-feeder critics who…

— Alexander Payne