It takes a week to write a book, but it takes years to…

Relationships are like a Book. It takes years to write but second to burn

— Anonymous

It takes me a long time writing books. It takes me about five years to write a book, and when I'm done, the last…

— Naomi Klein

I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying…

— Christopher Bollen

You can be in shape forever, it takes one week to get out of shape.

— Jamal Crawford

I love to read. I remember hearing that the average author takes two years to write a book. So when I read a book,…

— Mark Batterson

You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at…

— Alexander McCall Smith

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was…

— Paulo Coelho

I am 55 years old now. It takes three years to write one book. I don't know how many books I will be able…

— Haruki Murakami

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

— David Baldacci

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to…

— Avi

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

— Paulo Coelho

I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me,…

— Carolyn See

I write and speak about personal and spiritual growth. One week I write about illness and another week I speak about relationships and another…

— Marianne Williamson

I have like two dreams a week that I have to write a paper that I'm late with or that I've gone back to…

— Judy Blume

When you spend time with your friends, what do you talk about? Those things which made an impression on you that day, that week…

— Naguib Mahfouz