Books Quote by Liza Campbell

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at…

— Liza Campbell

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

— Nick Hornby

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

— Cynthia Kadohata

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

— Rose Tremain

I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.

— Donna Tartt

Usually, I would mistrust a book if it took that long to write. Usually, if it isn't done in two years, I suspect there's…

— John Burnside

A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of thousand dollars…

— Mordecai Richler

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

— George Stephen

This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I've never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating as an…

— Liza Campbell

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

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

— Ted Bell

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft…

— Alex Flinn