It took me 10 years to write a story that pleased me - that I could look at after it was published… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
During a lot of years I would write music while playing video games at the same time. — Rob Crow Copy Share Image
Relatinships r like a book It taks a few seconds to burn But It takes years to write So write it carfuly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think about my films for a long time, maybe years, but I write them in days. — Anurag Kashyap Copy Share Image
Relationship is like a book, it takes few seconds to burn but years to write. So write it carefully and never let… — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
It took me a good two-and-a-half to three years to write 'Dhobi Ghat' and more importantly be satisfied with it. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
“Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book? It took me years to write, will you take a look?” — Paperback Writer Beatles Copy Share Image
I love to read. I remember hearing that the average author takes two years to write a book. So when I read… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It takes me a long time writing books. It takes me about five years to write a book, and when I'm done,… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
It doesn't necessarily take four years to write a good piece of music. It might take four hours. It just depends on… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I used to think that: whenever I heard that someone had taken 10 years to write a novel, I'd think it must… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
The first draft you're pretty much on your own, so I love that. I can let my imagination go wild. I just… — Linda Woolverton Copy Share Image
“Brother Luca Pacioli. It took him thirty years to write.” The book is bound in deepest green with a tooled border of… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then,… — Carolyn See Copy Share Image
You should look ahead now and decide what you want to do with your lives. Fix clearly in your mind what you… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
I've been keeping a diary for thirty-three years and write in it every morning. Most of it's just whining, but every so… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
“Most of the songs on 'Underneath the Colours' were written in a relatively short space of time. Most bands shudder at the… — Michael Hutchence Copy Share Image
I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal. — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
I like the idea of being a working writer, not of saying that it's going to take me 30 years to write… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
Friendship is like a book. It takes a few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write. — Cuts And Scars Copy Share Image
I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes. — Bart Howard Copy Share Image
Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Relationship is like a Book, It may take Few Seconds to burn but years to write. Write it Carefully & Never let… — Azgraybebly Joslan Copy Share Image
Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically. — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
It took me five or six years to write 'How Should a Person Be?' and there were many times when I felt… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I talk to my typewriter and that is what I've been working on for 40 years-how to write for talking. — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
Relationships are like a book. It takes a few seconds to burn But It takes years to write. So write it carefully… — Anonymous Copy Share Image