Believe Quote by Mary McCarthy

We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.

— Mary McCarthy

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her…

— Annie Proulx

It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her…

— Annie Proulx

For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.

— Piers Anthony

The suspense in a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist himself, who is intensely curious too about what will…

— Mary McCarthy

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to…

— Mary McCarthy

So we face our final hours...and all that was once certain has become uncertain. Except for defeat. That, as always, is the end of…

— Tad Williams

We all have an unfinished story.

— Mayma

We live immersed in narrative, recounting and reassessing the meaning of our past actions, anticipating the outcome of our future projects, situating ourselves at…

— Peter Brooks

You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next chapter's going to be.…

— Dan Millman

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

I think the most important part of storytelling is tension. It's the constant tension of suspense that in a sense mirrors life, because nobody…

— Richard Condon