Books Quote by James Thayer

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

— Donna Tartt

I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did one on…

— Paul Johnson

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

— Scott Turow

I can write three novels in the time it takes to write one novella. I'm probably not going to go with that form again.

— Nathan Lowell

I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy.

— Deborah Moggach

I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.

— Michael Helm

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.

— Haruki Murakami

I write four or five a books a year. That means that I usually have one on the go. I am fortunate in being…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Is it not superfluous to write more than one novel if the writer has not become, say, a new man? Obviously, all the novels…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

— Tibor Fischer

I urge aspiring writers to write three full-length novels before contemplating publication.

— Sylvia Day

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

— Judith Guest