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Instead of taking a year off, I started 'Dreamers of the Day' exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for 'A Thread of…

— Mary Doria Russell

“your reading will be even better then, after a lifetime of thought and effort, because it will come from conscious understanding. Grace attained like…

— Philip Pullman

“Grace would ponder this story for a long time, with great sadness, and it would cause her to make a clear link between education…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I don't want to do any more covers. It's good to learn to make things your own, but the education's over. 'Grace' is putting…

— Jeff Buckley

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

— Edward Abbey

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my…

— Diane Setterfield

“Writing a book is a bit like surfing," he said. "Most of the time you're waiting. And it's quite pleasant, sitting in the water…

— Tim Winton

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

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

— Ted Bell

Grace is above praise and blame. I never read the bad stuff people write, but I never read the good stuff, either. Ever. I…

— Suze Orman

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

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

— Jerry Spinelli