Book Quote by Haruki Murakami

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

— Cynthia Kadohata

I didn't write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which…

— Gail Carson Levine

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

— Alistair Maclean

When I first started, my novels were set in the far future.

— Robert J. Sawyer

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could…

— Maryam Mirzakhani

Having my novels published is a dream come true.

— Tulisa

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

There were books all over the house, and I was always told that I could write and that it was something good to do.…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough…

— Ian Rankin

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly…

— Stef Penney

I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen…

— David Sedaris

Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months…

— Nicholas Sparks