A Quote by Nora Ephron

A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it.

Nora Ephron

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Alone Always Always Alone Book Man

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Nora Ephron
American - Author
May 19, 1941 - June 26, 2012

When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third.

Johnny Miller

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

Samuel Johnson

... Once I start a book I finish it. That was the way one was brought up. Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate. That's always been my philosophy.

Alan Bennett

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Joseph Joubert

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

Roald Dahl

A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.

Juan Manuel Fangio

The first commandment for every good explorer is that an expedition has two points: the point of departure and the point of arrival. If your intention is to make the second theoretical point coincide with the actual point of arrival, don't think about the means -- because the journey is a virtual space that finishes when it finishes, and there are as many means as there are different ways of 'finishing.' That is to say, the means are endless.

Che Guevara

The time frame is summer 1961, a year after the gold medal in the National Science Fair. I always saw my 'Coalwood' books as a trilogy. This book finishes the story of my life in Coalwood. I think it's the best of the three.

Homer Hickam

Tests with India always produce some great finishes.

Inzamam-ul-Haq

We may not always finish what we start but God always finishes what He starts.

Rick Warren

With beauty, I think one never finishes it. I'm always exploring. I like the concept of change.

Joanna Coles

I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think it's going to.

Stephen King

My goal is to produce as rich and historical an experience for the reader as I possibly can, to the point where when somebody finishes reading the book, he or she emerges from it with a sense of having lived in the past.