Book Quote by Maria Popova

I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure. Sometimes, if…

— Nicholas Sparks

Every book takes me from 35 to 41 days to write. I don't know why that is. I've tried to get it down to…

— Rex Stout

Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical process of…

— Terry Pratchett

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

— Ted Bell

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.

— Farley Mowat

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

— R. L. Stine

I try to get through a book every two weeks.

— Andre Iguodala

The thing that I prefer, when I'm working on a book, is to do a seven-day week, because it's easy to lose some of…

— Donald E. Westlake

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

I write at a pace that suits me, and sometimes it's two books a year, but most often it's one.

— Michael Connelly

When I am writing a novel, though, then it's usually three or four hours a day. Ideally, right after lunch until three or four,…

— Stephen Graham Jones

I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I sit down…

— Nicholas Sparks