About Quote by Jon Scieszka

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 take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.

— Svetlana Alexievich

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

— Jerry Spinelli

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

— Ted Bell

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to…

— Avi

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

— Nick Hornby

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

— Elizabeth Berg

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

— Edward Abbey

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

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day…

— Tracy Kidder

Writing novels takes up about 100% of my available working time.

— Charles Stross

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

— Jonathan Ames