Book Quote by Ken Thompson

I often meet frustrated young writers who say they've only got so far and just can't finish a book. Even if you don't happen…

— Eoin Colfer

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

— Stephen Collins

For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the…

— Jan Karon

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

— Alistair Maclean

I finish two books a week, mostly nonfiction.

— Ann-Marie Campbell

When I'm in the midst of finishing a book, I can be working around the clock.

— Gail Tsukiyama

I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work…

— Barbara Mertz

I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page…

— Dan Brown

When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you…

— Claire Messud

I go too long without picking up a good book, I feel like I've done nothing useful with my life.

— Jane Austen

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