Books Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“I recently had my graphic novel SONORA PASS reviewed by KIRKUS. My honest and humble opinion is that the reviewer assigned by KIRKUS should…

— Jaime Olmos

If reviewers don't mention your work, it's probably better than if they do

— Roger Deakins

I have to be careful. My readers are very detail-oriented, and if I make a mistake they'll call me on it.

— Rick Riordan

I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything.

— Ann Beattie

You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and…

— Alexandra Bracken

Reviews are destructive by their very nature.

— John Malkovich

Can you call and thank reviewers? I always wondered that.

— Andrew Sean Greer

You really can't write well if you're thinking about what the reviewers might say.

— A.M. Homes

“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

As a children's author, reviewers are generally very nice to you. I only ever wrote one adult book and received such a kicking for…

— Anthony Horowitz

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

We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.

— Carroll O'Connor