It Took Me About Three Years To Write About Grace. I Wasn't Teaching Two Of Those Years, So I Was Working Eight-hour Days, Five Days A Week. And It Would Include Research And Reading - It Wasn't Just A Blank Page, Laying Down Words. - SearchQuotes

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It took me about three years to write About Grace. I wasn't teaching two of those years, so I was working eight-hour days, five days a week. And it would include research and reading - it wasn't just a blank page, laying down words.

Anthony Doerr

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