The only reviews that matter

"One thing I learned from Pauline [Kael] was that when something hits you that high and hard, you have to be able to travel wherever the point of impact takes you and be willing to go to the wall with your enthusiasm and over it if need be, even if you look foolish or 'carried away.' because your first shot at writing about it may be the only chance to make people care. It's better to be thumpingly wrong than a muffled drum with a measured beat."

— James Wolcott, in his memoir Lucking Out, writing of his first encounter with Patti Smith.