Best Quote by Michael Connelly

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

— Edward Abbey

I wrote much more quickly when I was younger. Over the years I've required more time in order for the pieces to arrive in…

— Michael Hersch

The books I've written the fastest were the best reviewed and sold the best.

— Michael Connelly

I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that's even better…

— Suzanne Brockmann

Novels, in my experience, are slow in coming, and once I've begun them I know I have years rather than months of work ahead…

— Graham Swift

One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy…

— Matthew Reilly

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

— Michael Connelly

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

— Ted Bell

“One of the hardest concepts for students to grasp or accept about writing is the time that it takes to make something good.”

— Cynthia D. Urbanski

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

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all…

— Laurence Housman

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

— Svetlana Alexievich