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It takes a long, long time to write what I do write.

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to write a book, not that I worked on it every day.

I'm constantly battling writer's block; it usually takes me two hours to write anything.

I write very slowly.

Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.

I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a whole novel on scrap paper, scribbles and things. I keep looking at it and something develops. For me, using a word processor would mean staring at a screen for too many hours.

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

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing.