Months Quote by John Irving

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my…

— Harlan Coben

I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I…

— Margaret Haddix

Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement,…

— Sloane Crosley

Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.

— Dav Pilkey

I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. Im constantly revising this as I go along. It gives…

— Maria Semple

I spend months, sometimes years, doing what I call dreamtime, weaving it together inside my head. But when I actually feel that the egg…

— Michael Morpurgo

Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.

— Ted Bell

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing

By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.

— Jill McCorkle

If the story wasn't overly long, I'd type it out. And I'd carry it around with me for a week and jot notes on…

— Donald Ray Pollock

Eventually the writing takes time. What I want to do is get the story down and I want to know what happens as I…

— Philip Roth

I've written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four months.

— Paul Auster