#reviews

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#bad-reviews #boring #complain #literary-criticism #lotr

The bad reviews get to me, believe me. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#believe #get #me #reviews

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#i #reviews #somebody #think #useful

I don't usually read reviews. ↗

— Steve Earle

#read #reviews #usually

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#critics #discussions #get #good #good way

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#am #apparent #apparent failure #back #been

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#because #book #change #i #late

I don't usually go in for reviews of buildings that aren't yet built, since you can tell only so much from drawings and plans, and, besides, has there ever been a building that didn't look great as a model? ↗

— Paul Goldberger

#besides #building #buildings #built #drawings

I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work. ↗

— John Grisham

#find #hate #i #i have learned #ignoring

I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#believe #i #never #people #read