Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. A work of art can hardly be too short, for its climax is its merit. A story can never be too long, for its concusion is merely to be deplored, like the last half-penny or the last pipelight.

G.K. Chesterton, In Defence of Penny Dreadfuls