Appearances Quote by Robert Klein

It took me seven years of writing before I published my first story. And then, the publications trickled in over the next five years.

— Rob Roberge

The two years I spent solely writing for other people kind of took me away from myself.

— LP

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

— Andy Cohen

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

— Svetlana Alexievich

So I just took some time off. I was maybe going to do two or three years and it turned into five years. But…

— Woody Harrelson

I was building my work, and it took me a long time. For a good five or six years I was just kind of…

— Guido Palau

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

— Cynthia Kadohata

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

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

— Neil Jordan

It took me a long time to accept that I was a writer.

— Katie Kitamura

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

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

— Frank Darabont