Book Quote by Upamanyu Chatterjee

I haven't always been a writer and I suppose I tiptoed around the idea of writing full time, because it's so isolating.

— Marisha Pessl

Writing novels takes up about 100% of my available working time.

— Charles Stross

Purely the idea of writing a lot of books doesn't make you a great writer, but it might be that the process of doing…

— Walter Mosley

I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.

— Jenny Han

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular,…

— John Scott

Unlike a typical professional, I can't quit my job to become a full-time author; I don't have that luxury. For me, writing is therapy;…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Writing a book is a brilliant thing because once you've finished it, you've done it, and there's the potential for it to go on…

— Tom Hodgkinson

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

— Philip Roth

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.

— Marianne Williamson

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

— Stephen Collins

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day…

— Tracy Kidder

I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books.

— George Pelecanos