Hours Quote by Annie Fellows Johnston

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

— Jerry Spinelli

I always write after I think for quite a long time, so the actual writing time is rather short. I think a lot of…

— Helen Vendler

I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.

— Nicholas Sparks

I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I sit down…

— Nicholas Sparks

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to…

— Avi

It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.

— Joseph O'Neill

I know exactly what I want to write. I do not write until I do. Usually I write it all down only once. And…

— Hannah Arendt

I write everything I do. On the average, it takes you about sixty months from the first molecule of an idea to it being…

— Mike Myers

I write two pages - that's all I write. It takes me about an hour. I've learned that's all I'm capable of and to…

— Kate DiCamillo

I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going…

— Lee Child

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

It takes me ages to write stuff.

— Chris Lilley