Big Quote by Ian Rankin

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

— David Baldacci

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

— Nick Hornby

I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.

— Donna Tartt

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

— Rose Tremain

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

— Edward Abbey

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

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

— Paulo Coelho

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

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

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

— Karl Ove Knausgard

After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years.

— Paul Auster

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

— George Stephen