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

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

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 have to re-write a lot. I couldn't tell you how many drafts I write, but I know I've done at least twenty rewrites…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

Everything I write goes through a lot of drafts. A hundred rewrites is not unusual for me to go through - the last fifty…

— David Berman

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

— Joseph O'Neill

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

— Dan Brown

I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day. Don't always,…

— Harry Turtledove

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'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.

— Jeannette Walls

I write an actual script rather quickly - a draft will take me two weeks - but I write a lot of drafts. My…

— Abi Morgan