Books Quote by Wendy Wax

“Any writer who puts his words and thoughts out into the public is going to be criticized.”

— Thomas Moore

“Reading. Well Reading is...It´s really much more than that. A page of print is like a secret passage that leads you to Worlds so…

— Peggy Christian

“All the computer can give you is a manuscript. People don't want to read manuscripts. They want to read books.”

— Ray Bradbury

“I scanned the criticisms of recent books to see if there were any that resembled mine. I resented them all; it seemed to me…

— Daphne du Maurier

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,…

— Samuel Johnson

“When your book review is centered on your sworn duty as spelling police and grammar cop, what makes you anything more than a proofreader?”

— Guy R Vestal

“writing is perilous, as you can’t always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.”

— Jojo Moyes

“Write and keep writing, not because people will like it, but because someone may get a kick out of thrashing your book.”

— Magus Tor

“Before publication, and if provided by persons whose judgment you trust, yes, of course criticism helps. But after something is published, all I want…

— Truman Capote

“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave…

— Hal Zina Bennett

“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing those qualities…

— David Cecil

“Let us leave it to the reviewers to abuse such effusions of fancy at their leisure and over every new novel to talk in…

— Jane Austen