Books Quote by Nicholas Sparks

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

— Rose Tremain

If I'm really immersed in a story, I try to finish it in a few days. If it's a longer work, then it would…

— Ruskin Bond

Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.

— Nicholas Sparks

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

— Jerry Spinelli

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

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

— Ted Bell

I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.

— Michael Helm

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my…

— James Rollins

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

When something comes to my mind, I finish a book within 15-20 days.

— Sudha Murty

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

— Nick Hornby

Most books germinate within you for a long time before they are ready to come out. I wrote several drafts of the novel over…

— Pankaj Mishra