Books Quote by Fred Allen

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

“Writing a complete novel is time consuming, frustrating, nerve wrecking, and most of the time your work is under valued, under appreciated, and taken…

— Carl Henegan

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

— Ian Rankin

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

— David Baldacci

It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.

— Dana Spiotta

All novelists must form their personal pacts in some way with the slowness of their craft. There are some who demand of themselves a…

— Graham Swift

Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote…

— Jim Gaffigan

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years.

— Nick Hornby

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

There's a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There's a lot of ignorance about how long a novel…

— John Irving