Brain Quote by Lydia Davis

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

— Neil Gaiman

In the end, you have to just sit down, shut up, and write.

— Natalie Goldberg

Start [writing] as close to the end as possible.

— Kurt Vonnegut

My own way of writing is very meditated and, despite my reputation, rather slow-moving. So I do spend a good deal of time contemplating…

— Joyce Carol Oates

It's hard for me to shut off my writer brain completely.

— Andy Daly

Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.

— Helen Dunmore

For us, there's an inherent process when you're ending something to be thinking about the beginning, as writers.

— Damon Lindelof

I see no reason to stop writing. But the reason isn't always one of your own. The mind is not invulnerable, and it can…

— Robert Coover

I just want to write. It's like once I get those obsessive thoughts out of my head, once they're written down, they're somehow set…

— Susane Colasanti

There comes a point at which you stop writing and think all the more

— Gustave Flaubert

There's no way I can stop writing, it's a form of insanity.

— Charles Bukowski

When I'm writing, I try not to think things like, 'Gosh, I have to finish writing this book.' Books are very long and it's…

— Linda Sue Park