Book Quote by Bernard Cornwell

It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages…

— Alan Furst

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most…

— Jonathan Kellerman

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing

All my books take a long time to research. I spend several months researching before I start writing, and in the middle of writing…

— Linda Sue Park

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as…

— Danielle Steel

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time…

— Antony Beevor

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

— Jerry Spinelli

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

— Rose Tremain

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

— Ted Bell

Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.

— Agatha Christie

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

— Walter Jon Williams

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

— Edward Abbey