Books Quote by William Monahan

“There was a period when I lived on book reviews, when I had basked and drawn sustenance from what I deemed the light of…

— Frederick Exley

I don't mind what the critics say, but I don't generally read them. I'm more concerned with viewing figures.

— Harry Enfield

The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed to convince…

— Lynn Coady

It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate.

— Mordecai Richler

All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a…

— Steve Almond

Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying…

— Holly Valance

Life is stranger than fiction. It's nice to have stuff that people don't know about. And it helps when you read a bad review.…

— Dolph Lundgren

Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He…

— E. M. Forster

I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over…

— Anita Diament

There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is value in reading critics…

— George Lucas

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

— Irwin Shaw

Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It…

— Eleanor Catton