It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.

Don DeLillo
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure...
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure...
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure...
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure...
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I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know. This quote is pretty self-explanatory. Stephen King was talking about how his writing process works. He says that every book he writes is different and that he doesn't know if his next book will be long or short.

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