Collections Quote by Arthur Bradford

I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years.

— Eve Bunting

I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.

— Donna Tartt

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

— Sidney Sheldon

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since…

— Anonymous

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian…

— James Rollins

Many years ago, I was a producer on a movie called 'My Dog Skip.' Willie Morris, the great southern writer, had written the book.…

— John Lee Hancock

I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine…

— Sherwood Anderson

I tried to draw and write comics when I was four. By the time I was nine, I had written my first story -…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I actually was doing ghostwriting jobs since I was 17 years old, so I've been supporting myself off and on with writing jobs for…

— Brady Corbet

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

— George Stephen

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.

— Jess Walter