Reader Reviews 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.

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them.

I don't read reviews.

I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.

Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.

As an author, I love to know my book sells really well.

Every writer prefers good reviews over bad ones, and every writer wants to have lots of readers. But if it doesn't happen, that's fine too. Perhaps I won't throw a party then; I'll simply go home and keep writing.

Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.

One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people to report back on what it's done for them.

I don't generally read reviews.

I don't read the comments of fans, no.

I love seeing my book on shelves and getting letters from people who liked the book. I love telling stories and having other people tell stories to me.

I've never listened to any of my audiobooks, but I'm very, very happy that they've received such excellent feedback from readers!

It feels wonderful to get praise from other authors who I admire, but with each new book, my confidence is always the thing I struggle with the most until I start getting positive feedback from readers.

I don't read reviews any more, but I'm told by my publisher who gives me an account of what people have been writing and it's been a very split kind of response.

I don't usually read reviews.

As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's really not our business what each reader thinks of them.