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Book Critics Quotes

To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t call myself a ‘literary critic,’ just a book reviewer Picture Quote #1

Don’t let anyone discourage you from writing. If you become a professional writer, there are plenty of editors, reviewers, critics, and book buyers to do that Picture Quote #1

If you put a pink cover on something, critics make a certain set of assumptions and may not even read the book. But my readers are happy with it Picture Quote #1

What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one’s friends, the reproaches of one’s own taste, there’s precious little peace after publishing a book Picture Quote #1

When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to Picture Quote #1

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What’s happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts reviewers and reporters in the cultural deforestation that has driven refugees into the diffuse clatter of the Internet and Twitter, where some adapt and thrive - such as Roger Ebert - while others disappear without a twinkle Picture Quote #1

When I started blogging in 2004, I responded to every comment no matter how nasty the reader was. I was generally polite, believing that these critics would be so charmed by my professionalism that they would see the error of their misogynist ways and swiftly run out to read a bell hooks book. Ha! Picture Quote #1

The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead, they treat the reader as an intelligent friend, and describe the book as honestly, and as entertainingly, as possible Picture Quote #1

You don’t want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven’t done what I do. Most book reviewers haven’t written 11 novels. Many of them haven’t written one Picture Quote #1

I have argued about the future of fiction with jaded novelists, far-seeing postmodernists, technologists, television critics. The argument that future generations will not know the pleasures of the novel has been a staple of book reviewing since at least 1960 Picture Quote #1

If Bill O’Reilly is calling you a far-left critic, in my book, no matter what your political persuasion is, that’s probably - that probably means you’re doing a good job Picture Quote #1

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This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room Picture Quote #1

When I’m writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don’t care about what critics, publishers or readers might think Picture Quote #1

Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig Picture Quote #1

One battle doesn’t make a campagin, but critics treat one book, good or bad, like a whole war Picture Quote #1

Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, ‘Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it’s good but then she’s a natural writer.’ Those are the ones I want to grab by the throat and wrestle to the floor because it takes me forever to get it to sing. I work at the language Picture Quote #1

If I were related to Monet, I don’t know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it’s too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they’d tear me apart Picture Quote #1

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I’m not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It’s probably just because I’m a weird person Picture Quote #1

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read Picture Quote #1

What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time Picture Quote #1

That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it Picture Quote #1

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender Picture Quote #1

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To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent (Book Critics Quotes) I wouldn’t call myself a ‘literary critic,’ just a book reviewer (Book Critics Quotes) Don’t let anyone discourage you from writing. If you become a professional writer, there are plenty of editors, reviewers, critics, and book buyers to do that. (Book Critics Quotes) If you put a pink cover on something, critics make a certain set of assumptions and may not even read the book. But my readers are happy with it. (Book Critics Quotes) What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one’s friends, the reproaches of one’s own taste, there’s precious little peace after publishing a book ... (Book Critics Quotes) When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to. (Book Critics Quotes) What’s happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, theater, and fine-arts reviewers and reporters in the cultural deforestation that has driven refugees into the diffuse clatter of the Internet and Twitter, where some adapt and thrive - such as Roger Ebert - while others disappear without a twinkle. (Book Critics Quotes) When I started blogging in 2004, I responded to every comment no matter how nasty the reader was. I was generally polite, believing that these critics would be so charmed by my professionalism that they would see the error of their misogynist ways and swiftly run out to read a bell hooks book. Ha! (Book Critics Quotes) The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead, they treat the reader as an intelligent friend, and describe the book as honestly, and as entertainingly, as possible. (Book Critics Quotes) You don’t want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven’t done what I do. Most book reviewers haven’t written 11 novels. Many of them haven’t written one. (Book Critics Quotes) I have argued about the future of fiction with jaded novelists, far-seeing postmodernists, technologists, television critics. The argument that future generations will not know the pleasures of the novel has been a staple of book reviewing since at least 1960. (Book Critics Quotes) If Bill O’Reilly is calling you a far-left critic, in my book, no matter what your political persuasion is, that’s probably - that probably means you’re doing a good job. (Book Critics Quotes) This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room. (Book Critics Quotes) When I’m writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don’t care about what critics, publishers or readers might think. (Book Critics Quotes) Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig (Book Critics Quotes) One battle doesn’t make a campagin, but critics treat one book, good or bad, like a whole war (Book Critics Quotes) Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, ‘Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it’s good but then she’s a natural writer.’ Those are the ones I want to grab by the throat and wrestle to the floor because it takes me forever to get it to sing. I work at the language (Book Critics Quotes) If I were related to Monet, I don’t know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it’s too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they’d tear me apart (Book Critics Quotes) I’m not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It’s probably just because I’m a weird person (Book Critics Quotes) I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read (Book Critics Quotes) What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time (Book Critics Quotes) That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it (Book Critics Quotes) A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender (Book Critics Quotes)