Never finish Quotes

“Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.”

“Most races have a finish line, but some racists are running races where since they never hit the finish line, they never finish lying.”

“Henry: I usen't to need anyone, just to myself, stories, there was a great one about an old fellow called Bolton, I never finished it, I never finished any of them, I never finished anything, everything always went on for ever. (Pause.)”

“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.”

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

“That's another sort of being haunted: starting something and never finishing it.”

“A person who does not believe in victory and who always doubts will never finish anything”

“I personally find that having a couple of projects going at once can be an aid to focus, refreshing my brain as I go back and forth between them – a book review and a novel at the same time, for example. But I’ve seen that writers who are starting out sometimes throw their energy in so many different directions that they can never finish any of the projects, much less all of them.To me a good test is this: what do you like to read? What kind of book moves and affects you the most? Is it the memoir, the novel, the long poem-collection? Personally, I find myself most immersed in the novel, and that’s why I write them – they have the most magic for me. The joy of self-expression is exhilarating, but ultimately choosing one venue for it can make your work much better – and same for your chances of actually finishing something.”

“art is never finished, only abandoned”

“A book is never finished it's abandoned. ”