Novelist Quotes and aphorisms about decade William Goldman Ernest Cline Chris Pavone ,, A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many... Alex Haley Tom Perrotta Kurt Andersen Julianna Baggott Donna Tartt Greg Iles ,, My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I per... Irvine Welsh