Author Quote by Julie Kagawa

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe…

— Harlan Coben

“If you have a story to tell, put it out there. Get the thing done. No excuses. No procrastinating. No apologies. It will never…

— James Hampton

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel.

— James M. Cain

I was writing fiction, but not finishing fiction.

— Elizabeth Moon

Write. Finish things. Get them published. Write something else while you're waiting for someone to publish the first thing.

— Neil Gaiman

Keep at it! The one talent that's indispensable to a writer is persistence. You must write the book, else there is no book. It…

— Tom Clancy

“You never finish writing a novel, you eventually abandon it.”

— Tom Winton

Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns out you…

— Grace Paley

Being published is not a necessary validation or a path everyone wants to take with their work. Writing—and finishing—a novel is a great thing…

— Garth Nix

If you're having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you're trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the story, no…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Claire Tomalin