Book Quote by Danielle Steel

It usually takes about a year to write each book. I don't plan it that way. I don't set deadlines. If a book wants…

— Elizabeth Berg

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

— Doris Lessing

Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,'…

— Linda Sue Park

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

— R. L. Stine

Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.

— Bernard Cornwell

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

— Jerry Spinelli

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

— Ted Bell

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

— Walter Jon Williams

When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to get through…

— Gunter Grass

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft…

— Alex Flinn

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

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

— David Baldacci