How long does it take to write a good book? All of the…

Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years.

— Anonymous

I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.

— Gerald Scarfe

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book…

— Joan Collins

I thought when I started writing that I'd have a book out in four or five years, and as it became apparent that that…

— Ben Fountain

Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,'…

— Linda Sue Park

Haven't read a book for years - keep buying them and never getting round to reading them - I never seem to have the…

— Limahl

For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the…

— Jan Karon

The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build a permission…

— Seth Godin

“When you read and write good books a divine force will turn you good”

— Smart Oyejide

What separates the professionally successful ... from all the rest is their ability to stay steady, to have stamina. It is one thing to…

— Katy Lederer

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

— James D. Watson

There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.

— Sheri S. Tepper

If you ever read one of my books I hope you'll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times…

— Peter Carey

There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of…

— Edward Abbey