People Quote by Michael Morpurgo

Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months…

— Nicholas Sparks

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

— Rose Tremain

I plan years in advance, but I like to leave enough space in the narrative scheme to change things, because I always get my…

— Grant Morrison

I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't…

— Etgar Keret

When I start to write, I don't have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.

— Haruki Murakami

I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.

— Maggie Stiefvater

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time…

— Antony Beevor

In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you are at rest. I find…

— Doris Lessing

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.

— Brian Jacques

When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story…

— Michael Ondaatje

Once I have the grain of an idea, it haunts me until I finish the story. I don't like to be haunted, of course,…

— Gena Showalter