#reviews

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good. ↗

— Dino De Laurentiis

#fantastic #good #mixed #percent #review

It's hard enough doing something bold without jumping into your bad reviews. ↗

— Kenny Loggins

#bold #doing #enough #hard #into

It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews. ↗

— Roger Maris

#finally #give #good #like #obituaries

I don't read reviews, There's no value for me in reading them. Whether they're good or bad, they'll just make me self-conscious. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

#good #i #just #make #me

I often don't read reviews. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#often #read #reviews

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#book #deeply #insulting #ones #painful

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the same as last week's. Different books same reviews. ↗

— John Osborne

#books #different #even #every #every sunday