Books Quote by Dana Spiotta

Writing novels takes up about 100% of my available working time.

— Charles Stross

Why does any novelist keep writing long after they've made money? Because they've failed to write the perfect novel.

— Ian Rankin

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

— Judith Guest

A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of thousand dollars…

— Mordecai Richler

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

— Tibor Fischer

You can write a short story in two hours. Two hours a day, you have a novel in a year.

— Ray Bradbury

If you do a certain amount of work every day, it will eventually become a novel.

— Alastair Reynolds

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.

— Octavia Butler

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

— Jonathan Ames

“Stop trying to write a novel. Just tell a story, type it up, 1 hour every day, and by the end of the year,…

— Ksenia Anske

It takes an awful lot of time to not write a book.

— Douglas Adams

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

— Stephen Collins