Book Quote by Alex Flinn

It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I…

— David Sedaris

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

— Jerry Spinelli

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

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

— Ted Bell

I wrote the first draft of the New People quickly but it had been percolating a lot longer. It's a hard question to answer…

— Danzy Senna

I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write…

— E. L. Doctorow

When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to get through…

— Gunter Grass

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

— Stephen King

I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.

— Svetlana Alexievich

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 took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

— Cynthia Kadohata