“Being the first to start or leave does not necessarily mean that you will be the first to finish or arrive. Or that you will finish or arrive.”

“Work on.” Work as if every time you started with and every time you finish.”

“What is the point in starting if not to finish?”

“No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it”

“When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.”