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title: "44 Long book Quotes by 41 authors"
description: "Browse 44 Long book quotes by 41 authors. Discover the best Long book sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/celia-green-21613_book_i-cannot-write-long-books-i-leave-that-f_1163776.png"
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> [I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celia-green/i-cannot-write-long-books-i-leave-that-for-those-who-have-nothing-to/)

[Celia Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celia-green/)

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> [“I think the hard work of writing is just how long a book is terrible before it's good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-bardugo/i-think-the-hard-work-of-writing-is-just-how-long-a-book-is-terrible/)

[Leigh Bardugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-bardugo/)

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> [I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/i-wouldn-t-mind-writing-a-long-book-which-is-going-to-occupy-me-for/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [I was afraid you had deceased,' he said. 'Or gotten engrossed in a long book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-was-afraid-you-had-deceased-he-said-or-gotten-engrossed-in-a-long/)

[Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/)

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> [I think shorter books are going to become more and more of the trend. So I don't think you have to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-winget/i-think-shorter-books-are-going-to-become-more-and-more-of-the-trend/)

[Larry Winget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-winget/)

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> [How long a book tends to illustrate depends on the book. 'The Awful Aunty' took me 10 days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-ross/how-long-a-book-tends-to-illustrate-depends-on-the-book-the-awful/)

[Tony Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-ross/)

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> [I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/i-often-feel-newspapers-are-just-filling-up-space-of-course-i-also/)

[Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/)

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> [Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-z-danielewski/make-no-mistake-those-who-write-long-books-have-nothing-to-say-of/)

[Mark Z. Danielewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-z-danielewski/)

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> [ I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this \[The Thorn and the Blossom\] can be. The original plan… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/i-actually-pushed-the-boundaries-on-how-long-a-book-like-this-the/)

[Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/)

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> [Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/nobody-believes-me-when-i-say-that-my-long-book-is-an-attempt-to/)

[J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/)

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> [I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/i-think-that-the-economics-of-book-publishing-favor-hits-with-long/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [“I know that as long as my book is out there—and books are forever—what happened in Prijedor is not going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanela-ramic-jurich/i-know-that-as-long-as-my-book-is-out-there-and-books-are-forever/)

[Sanela Ramic Jurich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanela-ramic-jurich/)

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> [Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/take-your-time-however-long-the-book-needs-i-ve-seen-a-lot-of/)

[Sylvia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-day/)

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> [“When a first date really works, it works like this: You feel the thrill of opening to the first page of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/when-a-first-date-really-works-it-works-like-this-you-feel-the-thrill/)

[David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/)

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> [My greatest wish — other than salvation — was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/my-greatest-wish-other-than-salvation-was-to-have-a-book-a-long-book/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

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> [I don't know exactly how long the book as we know it will exist, but I fully expect to make it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-moody/i-don-t-know-exactly-how-long-the-book-as-we-know-it-will-exist-but-i/)

[Rick Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-moody/)

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> [Early on, I settled on the first-person strategy as a way to deal with exposition and world-description issues. As long as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/early-on-i-settled-on-the-first-person-strategy-as-a-way-to-deal-with/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

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> [What I would really love to happen to me would be if I came upon an idea that would keep me busy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/what-i-would-really-love-to-happen-to-me-would-be-if-i-came-upon-an/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [In the learned journal, in the influential newspaper, I discern no form; only some irresponsible shadow; oftener some monied corporation, or some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-learned-journal-in-the-influential-newspaper-i-discern-no-form/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-saul-morson/people-who-rarely-read-long-books-or-even-short-stories-still/)

[Gary Saul Morson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-saul-morson/)

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> [I'm still happy with the way Einstein's Dreams came out. That book came out of a single inspiration. I really felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/i-m-still-happy-with-the-way-einstein-s-dreams-came-out-that-book/)

[Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/)

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> [I've read pretty broadly on the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction - and to me, 'The Lost Wife' is one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-weisberger/i-ve-read-pretty-broadly-on-the-holocaust-both-fiction-and-non/)

[Lauren Weisberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-weisberger/)

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> [But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikram-seth/but-i-too-hate-long-books-the-better-the-worse-if-they-re-bad-they/)

[Vikram Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikram-seth/)

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> [Recently, the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke talked about the ways the lives of human beings will be changed in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/recently-the-science-fiction-writer-arthur-c-clarke-talked-about-the/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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> [“But really, that is kind of silly,' Abigail tried to explain. 'I mean, a book is much less personal than a programmed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sleator/but-really-that-is-kind-of-silly-abigail-tried-to-explain-i-mean-a/)

[William Sleator](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sleator/)

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> [One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/one-always-tends-to-overpraise-a-long-book-because-one-has-got/)

[E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/)

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> [Once I start reading something, I can't stop. I obsessively read, which is a problem with long books!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keegan-allen/once-i-start-reading-something-i-can-t-stop-i-obsessively-read-which/)

[Keegan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keegan-allen/)

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> [If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-n-wilson/if-you-imagine-writing-1-000-words-a-day-which-most-journalists-do-2/)

[A. N. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-n-wilson/)

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> [In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-de-clapiers/in-a-way-the-main-fault-of-all-books-is-that-they-are-too-long/)

[Luc de Clapiers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-de-clapiers/)

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> [“Proust's is a long book, though, water- skiing permitting, you could get through it in the summer recess”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/proust-s-is-a-long-book-though-water-skiing-permitting-you-could-get/)

[Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/)

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> [If people don't read, that's their choice; a lifelong book habit may itself be some sort of affliction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-lively/if-people-don-t-read-that-s-their-choice-a-lifelong-book-habit-may/)

[Penelope Lively](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-lively/)

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> [Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/every-book-for-me-is-a-chapter-in-the-long-book-which-will-finally-be/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

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> [The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/the-little-friend-is-a-long-book-it-s-also-completely-different-from/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/long-books-when-read-are-usually-overpraised-because-the-reader/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [A book should long for pen, ink, and writing-table: but usually it is pen, ink, and writing-table that long for a book.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/a-book-should-long-for-pen-ink-and-writing-table-but-usually-it-is/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [ Thanks!It's not a long book but it's taken a year to write. It's fnially \[read: FINALLY!!! YAYAYAYAY!\] feeling ready for my editors!… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auth/thanks-it-s-not-a-long-book-but-it-s-taken-a-year-to-write-it-s/)

[Auth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auth/)

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> [It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-s-a-great-compliment-that-people-think-they-re-fast-reads-it-s/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

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> [ \[Lincoln in the Bardo\] is not a long book. And that meant I could obsess over it and live in it both… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/lincoln-in-the-bardo-is-not-a-long-book-and-that-meant-i-could-obsess/)

[George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/)

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> [“Books go out into the world, travel mysteriously from hand to hand, and somehow find their way to the people who need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/books-go-out-into-the-world-travel-mysteriously-from-hand-to-hand-and/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-mccrae/i-love-to-read-long-books-i-enjoy-experiencing-that-extension-but-it/)

[Shane McCrae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-mccrae/)

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                        "text": "[Lincoln in the Bardo] is not a long book. And that meant I could obsess over it and live in it both backwards and forwards and hyper-control everything.",
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