David Foster Wallace interview on "Infinite Jest" with Leonard Lopate (03/1996)

Manufacturing Intellect

13:51 Q. "Reading reviews, I mean, reviews aren't for the writer. They're a judge kind of telling a prospective buyer whether the book's good or not. And reading them is rather like eavesdropping on two people talking. You know, it's very tempting to do it, but you always end up getting your feeling