--- title: "13 Write End Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Write End quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Write End sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/mitch-albom-187_story_only-god-can-write-the-end-of-your-story_2538308.png" --- > [“Only God can write the end of your story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/only-god-can-write-the-end-of-your-story/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/mitch-albom-187_story_only-god-can-write-the-end-of-your-story_2538308.png) > [I would never write about anyone who is not at the end of his rope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-elkin/i-would-never-write-about-anyone-who-is-not-at-the-end-of-his-rope/) [Stanley Elkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-elkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/stanley-elkin-31111_ends_i-would-never-write-about-anyone-who-is_2127931.jpg) > [Sometimes I write from the end of the verse to the beginning of the verse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rakim/sometimes-i-write-from-the-end-of-the-verse-to-the-beginning-of-the/) [Rakim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rakim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/rakim-1390_beginning_sometimes-i-write-from-the-end-of-the-ve_1923455.jpg) > [Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/write-to-please-yourself-when-you-write-to-please-others-you-end-up/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/benjamin-franklin-65_ends_write-to-please-yourself-when-you-write_3138268.png) > [In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/in-order-to-write-the-book-you-want-to-write-in-the-end-you-have-to/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/junot-diaz-531_book_in-order-to-write-the-book-you-want-to-w_2934648.jpg) > [Sometimes you have to grit your teeth and remain tenacious and just believe the end will come. Other times it's not an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/sometimes-you-have-to-grit-your-teeth-and-remain-tenacious-and-just/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/greg-lake-14630_believe_sometimes-you-have-to-grit-your-teeth-an_680427.png) > [“You are the best of us. We are the best of you. What becomes of us will, inevitably, become of you. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-boyd/you-are-the-best-of-us-we-are-the-best-of-you-what-becomes-of-us-will/) [Donna Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/donna-boyd-73634_broken-trust_you-are-the-best-of-us-we-are-the-best-o_755651.jpg) > [Theirs is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on, or someone must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-r-ford/theirs-is-an-american-tragedy-in-which-we-all-have-played-a-part-it/) [Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-r-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/gerald-r-ford-2628_can-do_theirs-is-an-american-tragedy-in-which-w_3121141.jpg) > [I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning…Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/i-always-write-the-end-of-everything-first-i-always-write-the-last/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/truman-capote-376_book_i-always-write-the-end-of-everything-fir_2091340.jpg) > [“Instead of writing down what you’re going to do (chances are you’ve been doing that your whole adult life anyway, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-olson/instead-of-writing-down-what-you-re-going-to-do-chances-are-you-ve/) [Jeff Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-olson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/jeff-olson-10618_adult-life_instead-of-writing-down-what-you-re-goin_1588852.jpg) > [You never know what you're going to end up with when you sit down to write something. At the end, if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-smith/you-never-know-what-you-re-going-to-end-up-with-when-you-sit-down-to/) [Ali Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/ali-smith-1801_day_you-never-know-what-you-re-going-to-end_2805934.jpg) > [Every ending is arbitrary, because the end is where you write The end. A period, a dot of punctuation, a point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/every-ending-is-arbitrary-because-the-end-is-where-you-write-the-end/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/margaret-atwood-40_agree_every-ending-is-arbitrary-because-the-en_3165830.jpg) > [You sit down in the morning on your own to write something. You get to the end of the day and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mazer/you-sit-down-in-the-morning-on-your-own-to-write-something-you-get-to/) [Dan Mazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mazer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/dan-mazer-31559_answers_you-sit-down-in-the-morning-on-your-own_2913878.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/write-end/#itemlist", "name": "Write End Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Only God can write the end of your story.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch Albom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/only-god-can-write-the-end-of-your-story/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/mitch-albom-187_story_only-god-can-write-the-end-of-your-story_2538308.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/mitch-albom-187_story_only-god-can-write-the-end-of-your-story_2538308.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/mitch-albom-187_story_only-god-can-write-the-end-of-your-story_2538308.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Only God can write the end of your story.” — Mitch Albom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would never write about anyone who is not at the end of his rope.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stanley Elkin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-elkin/i-would-never-write-about-anyone-who-is-not-at-the-end-of-his-rope/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/stanley-elkin-31111_ends_i-would-never-write-about-anyone-who-is_2127931.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/stanley-elkin-31111_ends_i-would-never-write-about-anyone-who-is_2127931.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/stanley-elkin-31111_ends_i-would-never-write-about-anyone-who-is_2127931.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would never write about anyone who is not at the end of his rope.” — Stanley Elkin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes I write from the end of the verse to the beginning of the verse.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rakim" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rakim/sometimes-i-write-from-the-end-of-the-verse-to-the-beginning-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/rakim-1390_beginning_sometimes-i-write-from-the-end-of-the-ve_1923455.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/rakim-1390_beginning_sometimes-i-write-from-the-end-of-the-ve_1923455.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/rakim-1390_beginning_sometimes-i-write-from-the-end-of-the-ve_1923455.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes I write from the end of the verse to the beginning of the verse.” — Rakim", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Write to Please Yourself. 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