Book Quote by Michael Morpurgo

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

I feel more comfortable each time I sit down to write, but I'm determined to get better and better.

— Nayeon

When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence.

— Gregory Maguire

I write very slowly.

— Carla Bley

I go through long periods of time when I don't write, and I'm fine.

— Ann Patchett

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 don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Now, as I've gotten older I've been able to write more quickly. Sometimes I get in the space of something and I can do…

— Edward Hirsch

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the…

— John Irving

I'm slow by nature; even if I write something fast, I'll let it sit for a month and hem and haw over it.

— Chris Thile

I'm always amazed by writers who say, 'Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a little bit.'…

— Terence Winter

I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.

— James Hunter