Book Quote by Walter Jon Williams

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

— Jerry Spinelli

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

— Ted Bell

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

— Nick Hornby

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

— Edward Abbey

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

It takes a long time to publish a book.

— Kenneth Koch

It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages…

— Alan Furst

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

— David Baldacci

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

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

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

— Rose Tremain

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

— Doris Lessing