589 Finished Quotes for You to Enjoy

When I came to the United States, I appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show as a 13-year-old, and I played a Mendelssohn Concerto, and it sounded like a talented 13-year-old with a lot of promise. But it did not sound like a finished product. Itzhak Perlman

Finished Sullivan States Promise Finished Product Talented Like Ed Sullivan Concerto Sound Came Lot Did Product Show Appeared United United States Played

The moment I said I'd finished a book, I knew what would happen. There would be a bidding war, and I would end up with someone who'd got the fattest wallet, who had bought it because I'd written Harry Potter. That would have been why. J. K. Rowling

War Book Finished Fattest Harry Harry Potter Would Would-Be Someone Potter Had Written Knew Bought Bidding Because Said Got Been End Up Wallet Happen Moment Who Why

The first story I finished was when I was six years old. J. K. Rowling

Old Finished First Years Six Story

Most of my friends - when I was five, six, seven years old - their dads were working in an auto plant in Detroit until 5:30, and then they were sat in rush hour. They weren't around as much. My dad finished at three o'clock, so he was just around more. J. K. Simmons

Old Plant Three Finished Seven Rush More Detroit He Hour Most Until Around Were Years Friends Five Auto Six Just Then Much Working Sat Dad Dads

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read. Jackie Collins

Me Book Finished First Critic Bestseller About Finishing Never He Instant Most Read Became Accepted Male Encouraged Friends Shocking Confident Away Ever Publisher Right Right Away

I finished my junior year of high school and flew out to Los Angeles. I didn't know the difference between a manager and an agent. But I got here and just started hustling and meeting anyone I could. Jake Paul

School Finished Year Meeting Out High Angeles High School Hustling Could Between Know Got Los Los Angeles Junior Junior Year Manager Just Difference Anyone Agent Flew Here Started

If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average. James C. Collins

Day Finished Text Going Average Really Page Fast

'The Buccaneers' was an Edith Wharton novel, and she never finished it, and a screenwriter adapted it for television. James Frain

Finished Television Never She Screenwriter Novel Adapted

Encyclopedias are finished. All encyclopedias combined, including the redoubtable Britannica, have already been surpassed by the exercise in groupthink known as Wikipedia. James Gleick

Finished Wikipedia Combined Known Exercise Been Including

Even after the text is written, there are a tremendous number of stages along the way to the finished book. If a publisher cares about the finished product, none of them will be omitted. Jane Lindskold

Book Will Finished Cares Tremendous Way About Finished Product Written Along None Text After Stages Them Product Even Publisher Number

I was interviewed for a Grammy television show, and they asked me about Nashville, and I talked for three minutes and when I finished, I was teared up. The whole room was crying. Nashville has given me a home, where I never had a home before. Janis Ian

Authors all have at least one thing in common, which is that when we finally get finished copies of our books, we get giddy as kindergartners. We touch them constantly, and build towers with them, and take pictures of our cats and dogs reading them. Jeff Giles

Cats Finished Build Reading Our Books Finally Giddy At Least One One Thing Constantly Touch Take Towers Pictures Least Dogs Get Authors Common Which Them Thing Copies

Usually, I create tunes that are fragmented. I think the biggest obstacle for people with their creativity is that they feel they have to sit down and create this finished, polished product. Jeff Mangum

Creativity People Finished Sit Down Think Fragmented Feel Obstacle Polished Biggest Tunes Biggest Obstacle Create Product

When I finished 'P.S. I Still Love You,' I truly was done with the series. I kept saying the books were two halves of a heart. But I suppose time and space had made me nostalgic, because my mind kept drifting back to Lara Jean and Peter, wondering what they were up to. Jenny Han

Love Saying Time Me You Heart Space Mind Made Finished Back Books Drifting Had Suppose Because Halves Still Time And Space Were Truly Up Wondering Done Love You Nostalgic Jean Peter Series Kept Two

After I finished my first draft of 'Salvage the Bones,' I felt that I wasn't political enough. I had to be more honest about the realities of the community I was writing about. Jesmyn Ward

Writing Political Finished First Community Enough About More Had Felt Salvage After Realities Draft Honest Bones

I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector. Jesse Ventura

Life Politics Me Waiting Rest My Life Finished Back Spend Sector Term Private Governor Private Sector Going Want

Finished Quotes

No more finished quotes