Book Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

Usually, I would mistrust a book if it took that long to write. Usually, if it isn't done in two years, I suspect there's…

— John Burnside

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

— Michael Connelly

I think I have grown impatient with just being a writer.

— Alain de Botton

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more…

— Tracy Chevalier

Sometimes many publishers prefer that you write the same book every time, but I have a low boredom threshold so that isn't going to…

— Dean Koontz

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

It usually takes about a year to write each book. I don't plan it that way. I don't set deadlines. If a book wants…

— Elizabeth Berg

I always sympathize with people who complain about the length of my books. It would take me a year to get through one of…

— Ron Chernow

For most of my life, when I've finished the book I'm writing, there've always been as many as two or three other novels waiting…

— John Irving

Because one has written other books does not mean the next becomes any easier.

— John Gregory Dunne

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

One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and…

— Walter Kirn