Blank Quote by Judy Blume

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

— Ted Bell

I keep a writer's notebook and also put all my daily schedules and to-do lists in it.

— Celeste Ng

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

— Noah Baumbach

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

A big book is a hard thing to manage - I find the computer makes it easier to keep it in order, and to…

— Kate Grenville

My writing process isn't a very organized thing. The actual writing part is a tiny part of my life. I often write in public.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book.

— John Lennon

As part of my research, I read a lot. Then I think and do a lot of sketches. I'll never go to work on…

— Noma Bar

I don't really sit at the computer from scratch. I prefer to get my ideas in my fingers and I write longhand first.

— Mary Ann Hoberman

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so.

— Frank McCourt