Admire Quote by Donna Tartt

Ever since 'Strange Heaven,' I haven't really reread my old work. Not so much because I don't like the writer I was, or because…

— Lynn Coady

One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must…

— George R. R. Martin

I had spent five years not earning a penny, getting rejected. Thank God I had a husband who was supportive and encouraging. But I…

— Karen Abbott

“I’m writing a book, one letter at a time. After thirteen days, I just finished writing “Once upon a time.” Since it’s a fairy…

— Jarod Kintz

“Be expectant...God is not finished writing your story!”

— Joy Marino

When I finished [writing it], I was crying. I knew at long last, after ten years of trying, I had written something good.

— Ray Bradbury

I do not read the works of Salman Rushdie, I write them. By the time I have finished writing them all I can think…

— Salman Rushdie

“This is just the present chapter of my life. How can I give up when God isn't finished writing my story yet?”

— Deb Brammer

“And this is more or less all that I had left after the holidays. Nothing really; hopeless confusion, a narrative without a possible conclusion,…

— Juan Carlos Onetti

I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what it's about…

— Wallace Shawn

The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.

— Umberto Eco

I am never as clear about any matter as when I have finished writing about it.

— James Van Allen