Book Quote by Sydney Smith

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

— Sydney Smith

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

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions…

— Gore Vidal

My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in the course…

— Victor Hugo

Literary men now routinely tell their readers about their divorces. One literary man who reviews books wrote, in reviewing a study of Ruskin, that…

— George W. S. Trow

“reviewing History's great idea, the one way you can make things change”

— Anonymous

“I was going to suggest some hard-won guidelines for responsible reviewing. For instance: First, as in Hippocrates, do no harm. Second, never stoop to…

— John Leonard

“I never want the art of reviewing to ever feel like a chore.”

— Queen Of Spades

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— K.J. Charles

I did my degree in journalism, and I then went on to being a games journalist, reviewing and previewing games and writing about the…

— Rhianna Pratchett

I still viewed myself as a reviewer when I was on radio. Was it appropriate for me? I think the answer is it's only…

— Rod Lurie

“Only a few short years ago, the average stay-at-home mom spent her relaxation time reading Jackie Collins and staring at the pool boy. Now,…

— Pete Morin