Books Quote by Jennifer Egan

In a way, I started 'Goon Squad' not even realizing I was writing a book. I thought I was just writing a few stories…

— Jennifer Egan

When I started working on 'Stay With Me,' I thought it would take two years to complete the novel.

— Ayobami Adebayo

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

— Nick Hornby

I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? -…

— Jennifer Egan

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

— Donna Tartt

If I were to write a book about the progress of getting to a third film, it would be a long one.

— Colin Firth

The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly, almost every…

— Jennifer Egan

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

— Neil Jordan

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

— Rose Tremain

From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.

— Liza Campbell

My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way.

— Donald McKay

It takes two years to make a good film.

— Farah Khan