Belts Quote by Rex Stout

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

— Jerry Spinelli

When I sit down I write very fast... if I haven't finished a book in two or three months then I think it's not…

— Michael Morpurgo

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

— Ted Bell

But most weeks I've gone through 12 books, maybe even 15 some weeks, depending on the length. So I go through my long form,…

— Maria Popova

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

It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages…

— Alan Furst

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

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

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day…

— Tracy Kidder

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

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

— Doris Lessing

I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I…

— Margaret Haddix