“ 1. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the things they read (or watch, or listen to, or taste, or whatever). They’re also entitled to express them online.2. Sometimes those opinions will be on… John Scalzi
“ Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review. James Russell Lowell
“ Only a few short years ago, the average stay-at-home mom spent her relaxation time reading Jackie Collins and staring at the pool boy. Now, half of them are outselling Jackie Collins writing porn abou… Pete Morin
“ Authors, reviews are not for you. They are not for you. Authors, reviews are not for you. Stacia Kane
“ The American critic Dale Peck, author of Hatchet Jobs (2004), argues that reviewing finds its true character in critical GBH such as Fischer's [review of Martin Amis's Yellow Dog]. It represents a ret… John Sutherland
“ Making judgments on films is in many ways so peculiarly vaporous an occupation that the only question is why, beyond the obvious opportunities for a few lectures fees and a little careerism at a dispi… Joan Didion
“ As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full… Kurt Vonnegut
“ If the book’s bad enough, they’ll publish it, and if it’s bad bad enough, the daily reviewers will love it, and it’ll sell. James Purdy
“ Remember, we all make our work available in a commercial transaction, the terms of which we, ourselves, dictate. If we give it away for free, that’s our decision, and there is no refuge in the lame de… Pete Morin
“ But 'I worked hard on this' doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. It’s people taking the time to expr… Jim C. Hines
“ ? Reviews are for readers AND authors. It’s a good way of learning from what people think about the work. Being it good or bad. A book might as well be hurt by a bad, poorly written review. That’s suc… Ana Claudia Antunes
“ [O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account. Dorothy L. Sayers
