Actually Quote by Cynthia Kadohata

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 always assumed I could never make a living out of literary fiction, and I was right. When I did try, it took four…

— Justin Cartwright

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

— Rose Tremain

It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years.

— Nick Hornby

It takes a long time to publish a book.

— Kenneth Koch

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

— Jerry Spinelli

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

— Paulo Coelho

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

— Ted Bell

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

I didn't write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which…

— Gail Carson Levine

I haven't written a word of fiction since 2009. I have no desire to write fiction. I did what I did and it's done.…

— Philip Roth

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

— Edward Abbey