Believe Quote by Walter Kaufmann

One of the functions of literary criticism, or reviewing, generally - and I, most of my reviews actually are not about literature - but…

— Louis Menand

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

— Tibor Fischer

“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

Authors are often sent a number of books to read for possible review and advance praise. It can be easy for new books to…

— Kameron Hurley

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

— Jim Harrison

“Besides,” said Mr Norrell, “I really have no desire to write reviews of other people's books. Modern publications upon magic are the most pernicious…

— Susanna Clarke

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.

— Douglas Rushkoff

I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't…

— Eddie Campbell

If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth…

— Randa Abdel-Fattah

I've started doing book reviews for Barnes & Noble! They saw that I did a lot of book reviews on the site, and they…

— David Bowie

Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving books you…

— Patrick Rothfuss