Books Quote by Umera Ahmad

I don't write a novel every two years.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write.

— Donna Tartt

It's weird, because I don't feel prolific. I don't write anything for months at a time.

— Richard Greenberg

I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.

— David Mamet

You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years.

— Michael Cunningham

I write at a pace that suits me, and sometimes it's two books a year, but most often it's one.

— Michael Connelly

I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think…

— Zadie Smith

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.

— Farley Mowat

I'm kind of a funny writer because I write very sporadically.

— Maggie Rogers

I'm constantly writing.

— Gza

I don't write all the time. But if I'm writing something, I'll just bang into it every day until it's finished. I write pretty…

— Martin McDonagh