Academic Quote by V. S. Pritchett

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

— Michael Dirda

“When a journalist in the audience asked if sticking solely to RSS feeds made her miss the “broader picture,” she snapped, “I’m not trying…

— Mark Bauerlein

I can't write a scene unless I've visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that's why a lot of reviewers have said…

— Eric Van Lustbader

Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the important thing…

— Johannes Brahms

Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, In such a state as theirs, is downright treason.

— Charles Churchill

In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were…

— Christopher Darden

Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying…

— William S. Burroughs

And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers, the agents,…

— Doris Lessing

I think testing films are a great tool. And I think showing them to people that you value their opinion is important, but once…

— Bradley Cooper

I think my favorite fact about myself is that I have never been dismayed by a critic's bilge or bile, and have never once…

— Vladimir Nabokov

I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with…

— Antony Beevor

A writer writes a book. People read it. You don't know what they're reading, really. You read a review and think, "That is so…

— James Salter