Quote Originally Posted by Antonio1986 View Post
George also we should forget the "то" in some versions. We foreigners usually don't use it but Russians do.
Eсли бы я был писателем, то я написал бы много книг.
Yep, but it's better to get rid of the second я in this case:

Eсли бы я был писателем, то написал бы много книг.