Firsts Quote by Dorothy Parker

It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by sentence - no first draft. I…

— Dorothy Parker

It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I…

— David Sedaris

It takes me ages to write stuff.

— Chris Lilley

I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I sit down…

— Nicholas Sparks

It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.

— Joseph O'Neill

I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't…

— Etgar Keret

It's the hardest thing in the world to dedicate to writing, but if you do that even once a week, after six months or…

— Lauren Weisberger

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 taught everyone a very bad lesson at my publisher because they actually gave me deadlines this time and I'm now meeting them. I…

— Nathan Englander

I'm trying to break myself of that habit [of not writing out a first draft ] because I'm working on a couple novels and…

— Donald Ray Pollock

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

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

— Jonathan Ames