#views

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#bad-reviews #books #humor #literary-criticism #novels

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it. Groucho Marx ↗

— Timar

#literary-criticism #literary-criticism

Do not start me on The Da Vinci Code ... a novel so bad that it gives bad novels a bad name." (Discussion at Woodruff Auditorium in Lawrence, KS; October 7, 2005.) ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#literary-criticism #novels #the-davinci-code #writing #literary-criticism

The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs. ↗

— Bjork

#i #i do #interviews #protecting #reason

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 realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers. ↗

— Georg Cantor

#concerning #defended #frequently #held #i

God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al Pacino's life. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#al #god #hate #i #interviews

I want people to understand me as a person with views, not just performing songs. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#just #me #people #performing #person

Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews. ↗

— Pola Negri

#box #box office #course #excellent #exceptions

I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists. ↗

— Estelle Parsons

#extol #few #find #i #reviews