Certain Quote by John Banville

How can you tell when a piece is finished?'I asked. 'You can't,' he said flatly. 'All you can tell is when you can't do…

— Mary Hoffman

A task does not end if you just stare at it.

— Innah Delos Angeles

To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn't…

— John Steinbeck

A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

— Joseph Joubert

One way to remain unfinished is to stop. the other is to go on.

— Laura Moriarty

I think I can recognize when a piece is at a state of completion. I always say to my wife, "Oh yeah, it's roughly…

— Geoff Dyer

The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.

— Kabir

As soon as a job finishes, I am done with it. When I'm really, really enjoying the job, I love the job, I want…

— Martin Freeman

I don't think there's any single finished point for a work. It's done when something's happening with the work that feels like a balanced,…

— Jessica Stockholder

Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.

— Neil Gaiman

I work every day until I do not have more to say. I learned from Graham Greene that a very good way is to…

— Henning Mankell

The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.

— Anonymous