Amusement Quote by Anonymous

Writing long books is a laborious and impoverishing act of foolishness: expanding in five hundred pages an idea that could be perfectly explained in…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.

— Philip Roth

Reading a good long novel is in many ways like having a long and satisfying affair

— Stephen King

Because as any writer will tell you, an IDEA for a book is like falling in love, it's all wild emotion and headlong rush,…

— Ben H. Winters

It isn't enough for a book to be transporting or entertaining; it must also come from a place of knowledge and an understanding of…

— Amanda Foreman

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

— Kate DiCamillo

A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life…

— Pat Conroy

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

— Jane Austen

“Writing a book is both rewarding and inspiring The preparation, research and introduction of new chapters to an ever increasing text provides enormous excitement…

— Roy Taylor

I think shorter books are going to become more and more of the trend. So I don't think you have to write big, big,…

— Larry Winget

There's still a fascination with somebody who can write at book length, no matter what the book is.

— Dean Koontz