Book Quote by Drew Magary

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day…

— Tracy Kidder

I either wrote at the end of the night or sometimes in the morning. Sometimes they were full entries, or others I just wrote…

— Andy Cohen

I spend a huge amount of time writing about the book instead of writing the actual text.

— Chris Pavone

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

— Rachel Dratch

I don't spend the day writing. I'll maybe write fresh copy for two hours, and then I'll go back and revise some of it…

— Stephen King

I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.

— Jenny Han

I read two to three books a day anyway (I only sleep about two hours a night, and I read really fast).

— Violet Duke

A really good day for me is to write my book for about four hours, go to the writing room for about four hours…

— Michael Connelly

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

— Michael Dirda

For me, reading has to be pleasurable. Otherwise, I'm ditching the book and turning on Netflix. There's way too much good TV right now…

— Christopher Noxon

I spend three hours a day writing and the rest of my day getting over it.

— Flannery O'Connor

With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm…

— Catherine Fisher