Able Quote by Haruki Murakami

There comes a point when you can more or less count the number of books you're going to write before you die.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I don't know exactly how long the book as we know it will exist, but I fully expect to make it to my death…

— Rick Moody

When I write a book, I hope to be beyond mortal by the time I'm finished.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

— Cornelia Funke

If you're lucky enough to have 70 years of literate adulthood, and if you read one book every week, you're still only going to…

— Anthony Doerr

You would have to be very optimistic to think that any of your books will be among the books that survive in the very…

— James Salter

Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than enough books…

— Will Self

I have many books that I want to write; I'd like to think that I'll be around for another 20 years or so and…

— George R. R. Martin

I love to read. I remember hearing that the average author takes two years to write a book. So when I read a book,…

— Mark Batterson

I don't have time to read books. I've read my share of books throughout my life, and I will continue to do so.

— Stephen A. Smith

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

I've been writing since I was six years old. It's hard to imagine stopping. I would hate to think that I've already written my…

— Don Winslow