Books Quote by John Irving

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

— Jonathan Ames

No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.

— Octavia Butler

It takes an awful lot of time to not write a book.

— Douglas Adams

I won't read novels while writing novels.

— Wally Lamb

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

— Judith Guest

I don't write a novel every two years.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.

— Philip Roth

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer.

— Elizabeth Berg

Nearly all novels are too long.

— Rose Macaulay

Most novels, I find, are three times longer than they need to be. Very little happens, and I don't want to waste my time…

— Chuck Palahniuk

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

— Lawrence Durrell