Appropriate Quote by Beck

I never thought that it would take me so long to do something. I thought everything was temporary and sometimes the best thing you…

— Steve Toltz

Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about…

— Gunter Grass

I write in a very strange way. Things are very fragmentary for a very long time, and then they come together very quickly near…

— Todd Rundgren

Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile.

— Richard K. Morgan

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

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

As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again.…

— Natalie Goldberg

I wrote much more quickly when I was younger. Over the years I've required more time in order for the pieces to arrive in…

— Michael Hersch

I didn't learn how to read and write until pretty late, and it was this very mysterious, incredible thing, like driving, that I didn't…

— Lucy Corin

When you're writing something that is truly original it takes time.

— Daniel Lissing

It takes me ages to write stuff.

— Chris Lilley

Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin to savor…

— Julia Cameron