Authors Quote by Robin Sacredfire

“Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.”

— Alan Jacobs

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

— Richard Ford

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

“When one has read a book, I think there is nothing so nice as discussing it with some one else - even though it…

— C.S. Lewis

Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Whenever someone asks for my opinion about other authors, I feel like I'm looking at a monkey asking for opinions on bananas. I would…

— Robin Sacredfire

“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather…

— Milan Kundera

“I learned a lot from this book, because I wrote it myself. My rating may be somewhat biased as a result.”

— Peter V. Brett

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

— Alexander Pope

“I might also say, regarding reviews and reviewers, that I have yet to read a review of any of my own books which I…

— Edward Abbey

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is more important things in life to worry about instead of leaving nasty negative reviews on books. It shows a lot about your…

— Rain Darrow