Finished work Quote by William Saroyan

“Writers who don’t produce copy—or leave it so long that they couldn’t possibly produce something good—are giving themselves the perfect excuse for not succeeding.”

— Megan McArdle

“A writer's job is never finished.”

— Sai Marie Johnson

“These young writers nowadays. They spend more time networking to promote their writing careers than writing their books. Maybe that’s why there are so…

— Lauren Carr

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we…

— Martin Amis

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

“Sometimes the writer has to learn the hard way of creating a bad work to become a best-seller yet doesn't surrender to the negative…

— Millicent Ashby

“A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.”

— K. Sean Harris

There's an old saying: 'No piece of writing is ever finished, it's just abandoned.' But my own rule is: No piece of work is…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

— Yann Martel

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

— Tom Winton