Book Quote by Sylvia Day

To have a successful writing career, you must be willing to sacrifice a great deal. The book, the deadline come first before anything else.…

— Virginia Henley

I think the path to becoming a writer has become more through the novel. It's easier to get a novel published than a book…

— Jess Walter

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

— Stephen Collins

Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project.

— Charles Bock

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

— Jerry Spinelli

It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years.

— Nick Hornby

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and…

— Erica Jong

I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are no short…

— Rachel Kushner

With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm…

— Catherine Fisher

I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end…

— Sue Grafton

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

— Cynthia Kadohata