Book Quote by Agatha Christie

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing

I can write a book in probably three months.

— Stephen J. Cannell

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

— Stephen King

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

— Jerry Spinelli

Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.

— Ted Bell

I don't want to wait more than a year and a half or two years between books.

— Max Cannon

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as…

— Danielle Steel

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

— R. L. Stine

It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages…

— Alan Furst

Usually, I would mistrust a book if it took that long to write. Usually, if it isn't done in two years, I suspect there's…

— John Burnside

Most books germinate within you for a long time before they are ready to come out. I wrote several drafts of the novel over…

— Pankaj Mishra

It usually takes about a year to write each book. I don't plan it that way. I don't set deadlines. If a book wants…

— Elizabeth Berg