Answers Quote by Guy Kawasaki

Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get…

— Gabrielle Zevin

The etiquette of blurbs means it's not hard to not blurb something (if it's not by a friend, or student): everyone knows how many…

— Jim Shepard

“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

“Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.”

— Alan Jacobs

“The endorsements on books aren’t entirely impartial. Unbeknownst to the average reader, blurbs are more often than not from the writer’s best friends, colleagues…

— Rachel Donadio

“There are certain authors out there whose books I'll read no matter what they're about. More often than not I don't even need to…

— Shawn Kirsten Maravel

I come up with a blurb at the beginning, but the book will always be completely different by the time it's finished. They say,…

— Irvine Welsh

Good books make you ask questions. Bad readers want everything answered.

— Scott Westerfeld

“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

“I wrote long reviews of all four books if you want to take a look.”

— Manny Rayner

“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