Long Book Quotes

19 quotes by 17 authors

I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say. — Celia Green
In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long. — Luc de Clapiers
Books go out into the world, travel mysteriously from hand to hand, and somehow find their way to the people who need them at the… — Erica Jong
People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fascinated… — Gary Saul Morson
The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction,… — Donna Tartt
If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. — A. N. Wilson
Once I start reading something, I can't stop. I obsessively read, which is a problem with long books! — Keegan Allen
Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death. — Peter Ackroyd
I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books,… — Seth Godin
One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it. — E. M. Forster
I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books. — Vikram Seth
Writing long books is a laborious and impoverishing act of foolishness: expanding in five hundred pages an idea that could be perfectly explained in a… — Jorge Luis Borges
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time. — E. M. Forster
But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up… — Vikram Seth
Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
My greatest wish â€” other than salvation â€” was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again… — Yann Martel
I was afraid you had deceased,' he said. 'Or gotten engrossed in a long book. — Garrison Keillor
Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say. — Mark Z. Danielewski
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! Lori — Auth

Who Wrote These Long Book Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 19 Long Book Quotes as follows: