Book Quote by Paul Auster

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

I have written about 240 books and some short stories, too. It's taken me many years.

— Eve Bunting

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

— Ted Bell

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

— Edward Abbey

I can write a book in probably three months.

— Stephen J. Cannell

After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years.

— Paul Auster

Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.

— Rachel Cusk

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

— Jerry Spinelli

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing

I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.

— Gerald Scarfe

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

— Michael Connelly

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