Books Quote by Jeffery Deaver

I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.

— Jeffery Deaver

I spend a huge amount of time writing about the book instead of writing the actual text.

— Chris Pavone

With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm…

— Catherine Fisher

I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.

— Clive Cussler

When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.

— Salman Rushdie

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

— R. L. Stine

Since I make my living as a literary journalist, not a book scout, I spend inordinate amounts of time either reading or writing.

— Michael Dirda

I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel.…

— Anne Tyler

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

— David Mitchell

I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I dive in…

— Dave Barry

During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books. I concentrate…

— J. K. Rowling