End Quote by Michael Pena

When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already…

— Anita Desai

I write the last line, and then I write the line before that. I find myself writing backwards for a while, until I have…

— John Irving

“The best part about being a writer is getting the last word.”

— Shannon L. Alder

When I set out to write a screenplay, I have in my mind a beginning and an end but that end part continually changes…

— Christian Keiber

I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to what it…

— Lydia Davis

I never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write…

— Etgar Keret

The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.

— Anonymous

Sometimes people won't even finish a piece that you wrote, because they've already decided what it is that you want to say, and generally…

— Louis Menand

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

— Damon Lindelof

Though I revise constantly as I write, I will usually revise much of the work again after I've reached the ending.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“People think writers are always feeling inspired. That's only about 5% of it. 95% is the daily discipline to just sit and write.”

— Bruce Van Horn

“unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I’ve read a book, I don’t feel…

— Anonymous