Book Quote by Erro

When something comes to my mind, I finish a book within 15-20 days.

— Sudha Murty

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

— Alistair Maclean

Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.

— Rachel Cusk

I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years.

— Michael Cunningham

I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why…

— Ken Thompson

I finished 1,100 books in six weeks.

— Shannon Bream

I spent six years after my first novel and five years after my second without getting into a new book.

— Karl Ove Knausgard

For most of my life, when I've finished the book I'm writing, there've always been as many as two or three other novels waiting…

— John Irving

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

I've started many novels, and they all ended on page seven.

— Grace Paley

I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.

— Gerald Scarfe

I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.

— Lawrence Welk