Books Quote by Sabaa Tahir

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

Second novels are bears. As are other people's expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book is key.…

— Jandy Nelson

Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard.

— Kami Garcia

One easy mistake to make with the first novel is to expand the short story. Some things are better as a story; you cannot…

— Yiyun Li

Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure…

— Sylvia Day

I remain convinced that the most valuable use of time for a newly published author is to write a second book that's even better…

— Suzanne Brockmann

The difficulty of writing a second novel is directly proportional to how successful the first novel was, it seems.

— Khaled Hosseini

Some people are going to be impatient no matter what. If I wrote two books a year, someone out there would be pissed I…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

— Michael Helm

I taught everyone a very bad lesson at my publisher because they actually gave me deadlines this time and I'm now meeting them. I…

— Nathan Englander

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be…

— Agnes Repplier

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.

— James Rollins