Can you call and thank reviewers? I always wondered that.
The thing we call critics are not really reviewers, they are not really critics. They don't have the discipline to write what we would term as critique - it's really just reviewers. They have a common man kind of taste. If you watch them overall, they are not different from the box-office. That's my view.
I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong.
I believe passionately in preemptive pessimism, especially before a book comes out. I expect the worst both from reviewers and sales, and then, with any luck, I may be proved wrong.
I don't think anybody reads a book of poetry front to back. Editors and reviewers only. I don't think anybody else does.
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.
I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much.
It doesn't matter that millions read as long as you share it with somebody. So I don't really think about readers or editors. You especially should never think of editors - especially never think about reviewers.
We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show.
It's been wonderful to hear so many excited and intelligent responses to 'Beautiful Children,' not only from reviewers but also from the people coming out to my readings.
