Ends Quote by Christopher Fry

When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

— Ernest Hemingway

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at…

— Raymond Chandler

“The trick is to make time—not steal it—and produce the fiction. If the stories come, you get them written, you’re on the right track.…

— Mason Currey

“A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“A person is a novel: you don't know how it will end until the very last page. Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth reading to…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

The book doesn't end when you finish writing it.

— Claire Tomalin

Any writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much.

— Nelson Algren

When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already…

— Anita Desai

A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A…

— Maurice Blanchot

What you're normally doing as a writer is trying to find the narrative.

— Joan Didion

The creative writer is usually captive to his next book.

— Fannie Hurst