Book Quote by Alex Haley

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

— Karl Ove Knausgard

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book…

— Joan Collins

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

— Paulo Coelho

I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.

— Gerald Scarfe

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

— Donald McKay

I thought when I started writing that I'd have a book out in four or five years, and as it became apparent that that…

— Ben Fountain

I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not…

— Dan Brown

There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth…

— Sara Zarr

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did…

— Robert Caro

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher…

— Jeff Kinney

Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.

— Rachel Cusk

Year followed struggling year for me, and all that time I read--I suppose few have ever read so. I began, as most young people…

— Gene Wolfe