Reading Reviews Quotes

Every year I tell myself that I'm not going to read any reviews and then I do. We're all human and when I read something negative it hurts. I think when you write it's part of the game, you're going to get some good reviews and some bad reviews and that's how it goes. I don't write for the reviews.

I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

I don't read reviews. I find them very distracting, whether they're good or bad.

I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.

I hate reading reviews.

I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people.

I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them, and I do care about them, and they're not always what you want them to be in an ideal world.

I do take things away from reading reviews. I think they keep you honest.

I think people probably lie about not reading their own reviews. I don't think that's true - I've been to a lot of music festivals and hung out backstage, especially in the past couple of years, and I see all these bands reading about themselves in newspapers. So I don't think that's true.

To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.

I have sort of weaned myself off of reading my own reviews, which is a constant struggle.

I know better than to read reviews but I do it anyway. Somebody described my pacing as 'glacial.' I wasn't thrilled, but I think they meant it in a not entirely unflattering way.

I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book.

I try not to read too much because what ends up happening is that you ignore the nice reviews and you just focus on the bad reviews. A negative lesson is learned seven times deeper than a positive reinforcement.

I read reviews, I'm not going to lie to y'all. Like you know, I'll read 'em, but then, the next day I'm able to sort of shrug them off. But if something sort of sticks the next day, there's probably something to it. I just sort of really try to trust my gut on, on all that stuff.

I just don't read reviews, because it can really hurt you.

Personally, I read reviews because I'm interested by them, but they don't have utility for me.