#review

PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain becomes joy, the meaning of life, pleasure.. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#tragedy

(Feedback) People become addicted to it. That’s why journalism is so popular, because you want to hear, every day, what people think of what you just wrote. I think a little patience on that front can be good, too. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#literary-reviews #writing #literary-criticism

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#bad-reviews #self-publishing #writing #men

To all those whom seek the iron words of the community: if your book is good, it will stand on its own. Be it a short story, a novel, a novella, a chapter book, a poetry book, a chapbook, a manga or a graphic novel...it will seek reviews by itself. You need to do nothing with it. Do nothing but write. Give up review seeking and focus on writing, for that is what becomes you in the end. ↗

— L'Poni Baldwin

#life #reviews #this-is-da-truth #truth #writing

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. ↗

— E. B. White

#curtain #fall #find #leaves #play

I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80. ↗

— Patricia Arquette

#i #read #reviews #them #will

I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#both #expect #i #luck #may

Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#breath #comes #deep #deep breath #every

It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future. ↗

— Frances Conroy

#character #coming #future #get #god