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Writers take words seriously - perhaps the last professional class that does - and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and careless typesetters and obtuse and malevolent reviewers into the lap of the ideal reader Picture Quote #1

Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them. The author might often reply: Is that my fault? Picture Quote #1

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases Picture Quote #1

I like Liz Phair, but there were these stupid women reviewers who said she's surpassing the Stones. Dream on Picture Quote #1

Who shall dispute what the reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, in such a state as theirs, is downright treason Picture Quote #1

I picture several reviewers of my own books as passing a long future lodged between Brutus and Judas in the jaws of Satan Picture Quote #1

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I’ve had movies bomb with terrible reviews, I’ve had movies make a lot of money with terrible reviews, I’ve had movies get good reviews and make money. And I like it best when the movies do well and the reviewers like them Picture Quote #1

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it Picture Quote #1

I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don’t take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like Picture Quote #1

I just feel I’m on a different page from the reviewers, so I’ve learned not to care about them too much Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics Picture Quote #1

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Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are Picture Quote #1

There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don’t want to name names but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don’t even know Picture Quote #1

There is danger in the concentration of control in the television and radio networks, especially in the large television and radio stations; danger in the concentration of ownership in the press... and danger in the increasing concentration of selection by book publishers and reviewers and by the producers of radio and television programs Picture Quote #1

If reviewers don’t mention your work, it’s probably better than if they do Picture Quote #1

I don’t care what reviewers think. If somebody hates a performance of mine, I kind of get a kick out of it. It amuses me when critics take something so irrelevant as a movie so seriously Picture Quote #1

I think when you’ve had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you’ve already proven yourself. They’re excited about what you’re doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It’s empowering Picture Quote #1

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I can’t write a scene unless I’ve visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that’s why a lot of reviewers have said my books are very cinematic, because I actually do see them before I write them Picture Quote #1

I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading Picture Quote #1

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic 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 didn’t expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I’d expected Picture Quote #1

Many are the sayings of Elia... Scattered about in obscure periodicals and forgotten miscellanies. From the dust of some of these it is our intention occasionally to revive a tract or two that shall seem worthy of a better fate.... Seeing that Messieurs the Quarterly Reviewers have chosen to embellish their last dry pages with fruitful quotations therefrom Picture Quote #1

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Writers take words seriously - perhaps the last professional class that does - and they struggle to steer their own through the crosswinds of meddling editors and careless typesetters and obtuse and malevolent reviewers into the lap of the ideal reader (Reviewers Quotes) Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them. The author might often reply: Is that my fault? (Reviewers Quotes) Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases (Reviewers Quotes) I like Liz Phair, but there were these stupid women reviewers who said she's surpassing the Stones. Dream on (Reviewers Quotes) Who shall dispute what the reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, in such a state as theirs, is downright treason (Reviewers Quotes) I picture several reviewers of my own books as passing a long future lodged between Brutus and Judas in the jaws of Satan (Reviewers Quotes) I’ve had movies bomb with terrible reviews, I’ve had movies make a lot of money with terrible reviews, I’ve had movies get good reviews and make money. And I like it best when the movies do well and the reviewers like them (Reviewers Quotes) Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it (Reviewers Quotes) I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don’t take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like (Reviewers Quotes) I just feel I’m on a different page from the reviewers, so I’ve learned not to care about them too much (Reviewers Quotes) 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 (Reviewers Quotes) Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could; they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics (Reviewers Quotes) Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are (Reviewers Quotes) There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don’t want to name names but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don’t even know (Reviewers Quotes) There is danger in the concentration of control in the television and radio networks, especially in the large television and radio stations; danger in the concentration of ownership in the press... and danger in the increasing concentration of selection by book publishers and reviewers and by the producers of radio and television programs (Reviewers Quotes) If reviewers don’t mention your work, it’s probably better than if they do (Reviewers Quotes) I don’t care what reviewers think. If somebody hates a performance of mine, I kind of get a kick out of it. It amuses me when critics take something so irrelevant as a movie so seriously (Reviewers Quotes) I think when you’ve had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you’ve already proven yourself. They’re excited about what you’re doing, you have people interested in it, and actually waiting for it. It’s empowering (Reviewers Quotes) I can’t write a scene unless I’ve visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that’s why a lot of reviewers have said my books are very cinematic, because I actually do see them before I write them (Reviewers Quotes) I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading (Reviewers Quotes) Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic (Reviewers 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 (Reviewers Quotes) I didn’t expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I’d expected (Reviewers Quotes) Many are the sayings of Elia... Scattered about in obscure periodicals and forgotten miscellanies. From the dust of some of these it is our intention occasionally to revive a tract or two that shall seem worthy of a better fate.... Seeing that Messieurs the Quarterly Reviewers have chosen to embellish their last dry pages with fruitful quotations therefrom (Reviewers Quotes)

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