--- title: "28 Book Finished Quotes by 25 authors" description: "Browse 28 Book Finished quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Book Finished sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/italo-calvino-402_book_a-classic-is-a-book-that-has-never-finis_787534.jpg" --- > [A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/a-classic-is-a-book-that-has-never-finished-saying-what-it-has-to-say/) [Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/italo-calvino-402_book_a-classic-is-a-book-that-has-never-finis_787534.jpg) > [I always try to stay as quiet as possible about a book until it's finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-brockmeier/i-always-try-to-stay-as-quiet-as-possible-about-a-book-until-it-s/) [Kevin Brockmeier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-brockmeier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/kevin-brockmeier-11982_book_i-always-try-to-stay-as-quiet-as-possibl_1250048.png) > [A good book is never finished—-it goes on whispering to you from the wall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-good-book-is-never-finished-it-goes-on-whispering-to-you-from-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/anonymous-1_book_a-good-book-is-never-finished-it-goes-on_3098283.jpg) > [Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/were-i-to-await-perfection-my-book-would-never-be-finished/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/anonymous-1_await_were-i-to-await-perfection-my-book-would_41792.jpg) > [I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-wesley/i-never-really-know-the-title-of-a-book-until-it-s-finished/) [Mary Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-wesley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/mary-wesley-19936_book_i-never-really-know-the-title-of-a-book_42164.jpg) > [A book is never finished; it's abandoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-fowler/a-book-is-never-finished-it-s-abandoned/) [Gene Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-fowler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/gene-fowler-23485_abandoned_a-book-is-never-finished-it-s-abandoned_745399.png) > [I knew a book of mine was finished when I was in intensive care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-braverman/i-knew-a-book-of-mine-was-finished-when-i-was-in-intensive-care/) [Kate Braverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-braverman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/kate-braverman-15823_book_i-knew-a-book-of-mine-was-finished-when_469196.jpg) > [ It's just like sex; when \[a book is\] finished, it's finished. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-just-like-sex-when-a-book-is-finished-it-s-finished/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46c/haruki-murakami-21_book_it-s-just-like-sex-when-a-book-is-finish_1678567.jpg) > [I was reading 'The Mystic Eye' by Sadhguru of Isha Yoga Centre. I couldn't keep the book down and finished it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanushree-dutta/i-was-reading-the-mystic-eye-by-sadhguru-of-isha-yoga-centre-i-couldn/) [Tanushree Dutta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanushree-dutta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/tanushree-dutta-9932_book_i-was-reading-the-mystic-eye-by-sadhguru_1833036.jpg) > [No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/no-book-can-ever-be-finished-while-working-on-it-we-learn-just-enough/) [Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/karl-popper-2167_book_no-book-can-ever-be-finished-while-worki_2836106.jpg) > [I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-thompson/i-still-have-a-full-time-day-job-which-is-why-it-took-me-five-years/) [Ken Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/ken-thompson-15903_book_i-still-have-a-full-time-day-job-which-i_1405791.jpg) > [Its sad how our story ended so fast, I remember perfectly how the chapter started, But I cant accept how the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zombeatz/its-sad-how-our-story-ended-so-fast-i-remember-perfectly-how-the/) [ZomBeatz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zombeatz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/zombeatz-55053_books_its-sad-how-our-story-ended-so-fast-i-re_1937068.jpg) > [“At some point though I need to stop cataloguing them or I’ll never get this book finished.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-cater/at-some-point-though-i-need-to-stop-cataloguing-them-or-i-ll-never/) [Joe Cater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-cater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/joe-cater-73515_book_at-some-point-though-i-need-to-stop-cata_2344452.jpg) > [Sometimes you don't know what a book is about until you are finished with it and you're talking about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-han/sometimes-you-don-t-know-what-a-book-is-about-until-you-are-finished/) [Jenny Han](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-han/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/jenny-han-483_about_sometimes-you-don-t-know-what-a-book-is_2186789.png) > [“I'm writing a book. I'm almost finished. I numbered the pages. Now all I have to do is fill them in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/i-m-writing-a-book-i-m-almost-finished-i-numbered-the-pages-now-all-i/) [Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/steven-wright-432_books_i-m-writing-a-book-i-m-almost-finished-i_2284415.jpg) > [Every five, six, seven, eight, 10 years I do a raisonné. When it's printed in the book, it's finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erro/every-five-six-seven-eight-10-years-i-do-a-raisonn-when-it-s-printed/) [Erro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/erro-39704_book_every-five-six-seven-eight-10-years-i-do_1886213.jpg) > [This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how big the next addition will be, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-book-is-an-agglomeration-of-lean-tos-and-annexes-and-there-is-no/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/anonymous-1_book_this-book-is-an-agglomeration-of-lean-to_1259285.jpg) > [I've always viewed myself as a brand. When I started 10 years ago, that was very controversial. 'Marketing' and 'PR' were dirty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camilla-l-ckberg/i-ve-always-viewed-myself-as-a-brand-when-i-started-10-years-ago-that/) [Camilla Lackberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camilla-l-ckberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/camilla-l-ckberg-23751_book_i-ve-always-viewed-myself-as-a-brand-whe_335466.jpg) > [When I'm writing a book, I prefer not to speak about it, because only when the book is finished can I try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/when-i-m-writing-a-book-i-prefer-not-to-speak-about-it-because-only/) [Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/italo-calvino-402_book_when-i-m-writing-a-book-i-prefer-not-to_802766.jpg) > [You have to remember that Shadow and Bone' was the first book I sold. And it was, in fact, the first book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-bardugo/you-have-to-remember-that-shadow-and-bone-was-the-first-book-i-sold/) [Leigh Bardugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-bardugo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/leigh-bardugo-252_alone_you-have-to-remember-that-shadow-and-bon_2867152.png) > [“A book is never, ever finished. You simply get to a point where you and your editor are reasonably happy with how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-pauley/a-book-is-never-ever-finished-you-simply-get-to-a-point-where-you-and/) [Kimberly Pauley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-pauley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/kimberly-pauley-29109_book_a-book-is-never-ever-finished-you-simply_561888.jpg) > [“So you killed him with what now?" "I tried that Dr. Phil book at first"..."And I finished it off with the toilet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-petersen/so-you-killed-him-with-what-now-i-tried-that-dr-phil-book-at-first/) [Jesse Petersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-petersen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/jesse-petersen-25704_humor_so-you-killed-him-with-what-now-i-tried_768000.jpg) > [“Yes, after every book is finished I decide it is the last one, and then I get an idea in my head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-robins/yes-after-every-book-is-finished-i-decide-it-is-the-last-one-and-then/) [Patricia Robins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-robins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/patricia-robins-268337_books_yes-after-every-book-is-finished-i-decid_1579007.jpg) > [The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/the-book-is-finished-by-the-reader-a-good-novel-should-invite-the/) [Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/alan-lightman-2270_book_the-book-is-finished-by-the-reader-a-goo_2578376.png) > [If you invent two or three people and turn them loose in your manuscript, something is bound to happen to them --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-you-invent-two-or-three-people-and-turn-them-loose-in-your/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/mark-twain-22_book_if-you-invent-two-or-three-people-and-tu_931618.png) > [I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-buzan/i-used-to-think-that-when-i-finished-a-book-i-was-finished-with-it/) [Tony Buzan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-buzan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/tony-buzan-16676_about_i-used-to-think-that-when-i-finished-a-b_3097814.jpg) > [“A book is finished when it does not want me to work on it any longer...it reaches a point when it feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ant-nio-lobo-antunes/a-book-is-finished-when-it-does-not-want-me-to-work-on-it-any-longer/) [Antonio Lobo Antunes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ant-nio-lobo-antunes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcc/ant-nio-lobo-antunes-16833_book_a-book-is-finished-when-it-does-not-want_1558525.jpg) > [... you should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/you-should-wait-until-the-book-is-finished-before-making-a-judgment/) [Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/walter-mosley-2810_book_you-should-wait-until-the-book-is-finish_589190.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-finished/#itemlist", "name": "Book Finished Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Italo Calvino" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/a-classic-is-a-book-that-has-never-finished-saying-what-it-has-to-say/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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