Another year Quote by Alan Lightman

I was in such a creative groove after turning in my last book (The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year)…

— Andy Cohen

I spent six years after my first novel and five years after my second without getting into a new book.

— Karl Ove Knausgard

I wish I could go back and re-write my first novel for the first time. Because I really didn't know what I was doing,…

— Peter Straub

When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it.

— Naomi Alderman

My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way.

— Donald McKay

I thought that I would have a huge literary novel coming out when I was, like, 29. I quit my banking job, and I…

— Philipp Meyer

After college, I was living in New York and wrote furiously, a huge novel that I knew was a failure. I hoped that the…

— Chang-Rae Lee

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

— Daniel Pennac

I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book…

— Jennifer Chiaverini

My first novel was a critical success in a matter of weeks.

— Christine Leunens

My second, third and fourth novels were mistakes, essentially.

— John Burnside

I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working hard on…

— William Finnegan