Humor Quote by Gerald M. Weinberg

A good preface must be the root and the square of the book at the same time.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

The preface is the most important part of a book. Even reviewers read a preface.

— Philip Guedalla

The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

— Kenneth Oppel

I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought…

— E. Nesbit

“The irrepressible Preface”

— null

“Before the beginning ends, start a new chapter.”

— Bhavik Sarkhedi

“A good book should make you think at the end, not just give a solution to the problem at the end.”

— Sydney 4363

“People come to me for the solution of their problem, if my knowledge and experience is not enough to solve the problem, I go…

— Amit Kalantri

Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

— Elmore Leonard

“Write bravely but for goodness sakes, use chapters.”

— Courtney Worth Young

“With my sort of book there's no resolution, because there's no solution. The problems aren't answered in the end because there is no answer.…

— Malcolm Bradbury

“Albert's uncle says I ought to have put this in the preface, but I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing…

— E. Nesbit