In my memoir, I
In my memoir, I admit that I’ve been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when ‘Passages’ was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children to hide out. Gail Sheehy
Reviews
Miss Temminnick, you are
Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless, you veer away from perfect in matters of etiquette. Do not let these marks go to your head; there are many girls at this school who are better than you. … Read more
I get a sick
I get a sick joy out of bad reviews. I don’t read good reviews. Evan Goldberg
I don’t read good
I don’t read good reviews. I like to know what percentages are going on. When Sony sends out something saying that people are liking the movie, I like to know that, but I don’t actually sit and read the good stuff. Evan Goldberg
But woe to him,
But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone. Euripides
GOD made my life
GOD made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start. Now I’m alert to GOD’s ways; I don’t take God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works; I try not to miss a trick. I feel put … Read more
I find that there
I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists. Estelle
These same experiences make
These same experiences make of the sequence of life cycles a generational cycle, irrevocably binding each generation to those that gave it life and to those for whose life it is responsible. Thus, reconciling lifelong generativity and stagnation involves the elder in a review of his or her own years of active responsibility for nurturing … Read more
My generation was not
My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word. Erica Jong
I have forgotten my
I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones – like most writers. Erica Jong