And now the story begins for the last time.

Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.

— Marissa Meyer

Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.

— Lillian Hellman

“My story begins with a question.”

— Alexandra Bogdanovic

“But almost every story begins with another story's end.”

— Katie Kacvinsky

The story begins only when the book closes.

— Marshall McLuhan

“How do you know where a story begins?”

— Carolee Dean

“Home is where your story begins.”

— Annie Danielson

“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”

— Mitch Albom

Cause my glory is all that I revel in and my story begins where most others end. So all I really got to tell…

— XV

White. Like a clean piece of paper, like uncarved ivory, all is white when the story begins.

— Daniel Mason

A story matrix connects all of us. There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where…

— Joy Harjo

I believe the first draft of a book — even a long one — should take no more than three months…Any longer and —…

— Stephen King

The story is everything, so it always begins with a story.And research is a kind of scaffolding built underneath the story as I go…

— Neal Stephenson

I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.

— Amy Purdy

Before I begin a novel I have a strong sense of at least one central character and how the story begins, and a more…

— Steve Erickson