Books Quote by Richard Ayoade

“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

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and that's kind…

— Aimee Bender

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 important thing is not so much to read fast, as to read each book at the speed it deserves. It is as regrettable…

— Jacques Bonnet

There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have another occasion.…

— Mavis Gallant

It can be dismaying, all the same, for a novelist to compare the slowness of the writing with the speed of the reading. Novels…

— Graham Swift

When I write a novel I start each morning by reading for 20 minutes.

— Richard Ford

“Fast reading of a great novel will get us the plot. It will get us names, a shadowy idea of characters, a sketch of…

— Susan Hill

It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book…

— Sarah Dessen

I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep the tone…

— T.C. Boyle

To read a novel requires a certain kind of concentration, focus, devotion to the reading. If you read a novel in more than two…

— Philip Roth