Books Quote by Debra Dixon

With comedies, often shorter is better. You don't want to outstay your welcome.

— Christopher Miller

“Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wants to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”

— E.M. Forster

Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.

— Chris O'Dowd

Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.

— Patrick Rothfuss

To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are…

— Emily Gould

“If a book is well written,I always find it to short.”

— Jane Austen

“Life is too short to read books whose cleverness makes them impenetrable. A good book should keep you awake at night, flickering through pages…

— Kate Morton

“If a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

— Jane Austen

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

— Anonymous

Good blurbs are short, sweet, and limited to six. They answer the question “Why should I buy this book?

— Guy Kawasaki

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short,…

— Margaret Mahy

I think my books are lighter and funnier than some of the big series out there. You may not walk away from my books…

— Molly Harper