"I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going anywhere. I don't publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Writing Quotes #Pages Quotes #Six Quotes

“The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.”
“And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the association of living beings who have this sense makes family and a state.”
“For me, I took the exact right path. The cranky, independent one. And I've never looked back on it with anything but joy.”
“They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies?”
“Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.”
“When Mrs. Bush was First Lady, she went all over the Mideast talking about breast cancer awareness and the need for early screening. She did this in places where the cultures prohibit such discussion or even detection efforts.”
“It always seems impossible until its done.”
“The world needs more love at first sight.”

Source : Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.210, Scholastic Inc.

You may also like:

Ian Mcewan
Novelist
Jennifer Egan
Novelist
Jonathan Franzen
Novelist
Marilynne Robinson
Novelist
Michael Chabon
Author
Philip Roth
Novelist
Rick Moody
Novelist
Sofia Coppola
Screenwriter
Zadie Smith
Novelist