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Reviews Quotes - Page 2

Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms.

Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.64, Univ. Press of Mississippi

A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.

"Joyce Carol Oates, writer - portrait of the artist". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2012.

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

Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. June 7, 2004.

It's my policy not to review funerals.

A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.54, Granta Books