" I think that if I can’t ever write an ending that perfect, then there’s no point in beginning a book, either. There’s no point in writing a book if you don’t think it can be as good as The Great Gatsby. I mean, it’s all right if you fail – if the finished book just isn’t, somehow, very good – but you have to believe it can be very good before you start. And sometimes that damn ending to The Great Gatsby just wipes me out before I can get started. "

― John Irving