#review

NO reader has ANY obligation to an author, whether it be to leave a review or to write a "constructive" one. I put out a product. You are consumers of that product. Since when does that mean you have to kiss my ass? Hey, I like Pop-Tarts and eat them a few times a year; since when does that mean I'm obligated to support Kellogg's in any way except legally purchasing the Pop-Tarts before I eat them? I wasn't aware that purchasing and consuming a product meant I was under some sort of fucking thrall in which I'm only allowed to either praise the Pop-Tart (which to be honest isn't hard, especially the S'mores flavor) or, if I am going to criticize a flavor, offer a specific and detailed analysis as to why, phrased in as inoffensive and gentle a manner as possible so as not to upset the gentle people at Kellogg's. ↗

— Stacia Kane

#reviews #authority

While clearly an impregnable masterpiece, Don Quixote suffers from one fairly serious flaw—that of outright unreadability. ↗

— Martin Amis

#don-quixote #literary-criticism #miguel-de-cervantes #literary-criticism

I'm at the point now where I know I'm doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I'm not in the box. I don't want to make it too easy for people and I don't want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#box #doing #easy #gets #i

I don't take reviews very seriously, but in their totality I think they are representative of how the audience feels, and of what their reaction is. There's always one guy who doesn't get it. ↗

— David Zucker

#audience #feels #get #guy #how

Initially, the site was favourably reviewed in a leading new media publication and the word spread. ↗

— Benjamin Cohen

#initially #leading #media #new #new media

The bad reviews get to me, believe me. ↗

— Daniel Craig

#believe #get #me #reviews

Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#anything #doing #experienced #field #job

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#critics #discussions #get #good #good way

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#am #apparent #apparent failure #back #been

Find what's hot, find what's just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#bad #experience #find #getting #go