Books Quote by Peter Carey

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

— Luc de Clapiers

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 had no idea how long books were supposed to be.

— Anna Todd

I normally take a long time finding titles. I finish the book and go into sweats for months afterwards trying to think of them.

— Howard Jacobson

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

— Tom Helm

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

— Jane Austen

I posted the first three chapters and I had enough people say that chapter two was dragging that I cut it out just before…

— Donald Miller

I have a very short attention span, so books have never been my thing.

— Jason Jones

It's good that I've put out different books apart from 'After' - and before the film comes out.

— Anna Todd

My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter…

— Justin Cronin

I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book.

— Groucho Marx

You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.

— David Remnick