Book Quote by John Irving

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the…

— John Irving

I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don't edit myself out of existence, meaning I'll try to write 50 or 60 pages…

— Anthony Bourdain

It takes me a long time writing books. It takes me about five years to write a book, and when I'm done, the last…

— Naomi Klein

I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.

— Dan Brown

I know exactly what I want to write. I do not write until I do. Usually I write it all down only once. And…

— Hannah Arendt

I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do…

— Edward Hirsch

I write fast, because I have not the brains to write slow.

— Georges Simenon

It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.

— Joseph O'Neill

I write very slowly.

— Carla Bley

I don't write all the time. But if I'm writing something, I'll just bang into it every day until it's finished. I write pretty…

— Martin McDonagh

By the time you write the last page you have done half the book. The other half tends to get done in about five…

— Terry Pratchett