Book Quote by Stephen King

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to…

— Margaret Haddix

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

Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.

— Agatha Christie

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft…

— Alex Flinn

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

— Jerry Spinelli

Most books germinate within you for a long time before they are ready to come out. I wrote several drafts of the novel over…

— Pankaj Mishra

It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I…

— David Sedaris

When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to get through…

— Gunter Grass

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

— Doris Lessing

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as…

— Danielle Steel

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

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

— Ted Bell