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Reviews Quotes - Page 6

For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies.

"The Voice: Fran Lebowitz". Interview With Francesco Clemente, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 11, 2016.

I hear what people say, I read all the reviews, all the blogs, and I am always curious to hear it, because you can't always listen to the good press, you have to hear the bad press, too.

"MIPTV: Eli Roth on His Netflix TV Debut 'Hemlock Grove' (Q&A)". Interview with Rhonda Richford, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 10, 2013.

It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book.

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.34, RosettaBooks

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.31, RosettaBooks

If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.

David Lehman (2015). “The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988-2014”, p.162, University of Pittsburgh Press

I've had plenty of negative reviews. I have my entire life.

"David Cross on why his comedy tour pissed off people right and left". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. August 18, 2016.

God gets the easiest performance reviews.

Daryl Gregory (2014). “Afterparty”, p.17, Macmillan

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.

"I’m going to be a very lonely old lady if I’m not careful". Interview with Karen Angel, www.telegraph.co.uk. March 12, 2006.

The bad reviews get to me, believe me.

"Seven's deadly sins". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2006.

I don't read my reviews, I measure them.

"The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett - an extraordinary story of ordinary life" by Charlotte Jones, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2016.