Book Quote by 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.

— Anonymous

“The composition of vast books is a laborious and impoverishing extravagance. To go on for five hundred pages developing an idea whose perfect oral…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort…

— Anonymous

I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.

— Celia Green

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

It's a shameful thing to admit for someone who writes such long books, but I read so slowly that I almost subvocalize.

— Ron Chernow

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

— Jane Austen

There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect…

— Alexandra Fuller

You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking at writing…

— Rebecca Serle

In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.

— Luc de Clapiers

I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books.

— Mark Z. Danielewski