--- title: "18 Beginning Story Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 18 Beginning Story quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Beginning Story sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/kumar-anupam-8643_new-beginnings_but-that-was-just-the-beginning-of-the-s_892752.jpg" --- > [But that was just the beginning of the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumar-anupam/but-that-was-just-the-beginning-of-the-story/) [Kumar Anupam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumar-anupam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/kumar-anupam-8643_new-beginnings_but-that-was-just-the-beginning-of-the-s_892752.jpg) > [“Halley believed that a kiss was the beginning of a story, the story, good or bad, short or long, of an us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/halley-believed-that-a-kiss-was-the-beginning-of-a-story-the-story/) [Paul Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/paul-murray-12593_kiss_halley-believed-that-a-kiss-was-the-begi_162335.png) > [Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to-a-story-or-more-often-than/) [Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/alex-graves-21348_ask_death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to_847658.jpg) > [Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alethea-kontis/do-you-still-look-at-each-other-like-you-once-did-back-at-the/) [Alethea Kontis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alethea-kontis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/alethea-kontis-14331_afraid_do-you-still-look-at-each-other-like-you_575988.png) > [The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/the-incredible-thing-happens-at-the-beginning-of-the-story-always-you/) [Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/rex-stout-2846_ends_the-incredible-thing-happens-at-the-begi_2072116.png) > [There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/there-is-no-absolute-beginning-to-any-story-after-all-there-is-only/) [William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/william-landay-7878_beginning_there-is-no-absolute-beginning-to-any-st_3011375.png) > [Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wim-wenders/every-photo-every-once-in-time-is-also-the-beginning-of-a-story/) [Wim Wenders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wim-wenders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/wim-wenders-9999_beginning_every-photo-every-once-in-time-is-also-t_99155.jpg) > [I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-davis/i-don-t-pare-down-much-i-write-the-beginning-of-a-story-in-a-notebook/) [Lydia Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/lydia-davis-3244_ends_i-don-t-pare-down-much-i-write-the-begin_1414837.png) > [I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-dicamillo/i-am-just-always-always-paying-attention-waiting-for-the-words-or/) [Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-dicamillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/kate-dicamillo-599_attention_i-am-just-always-always-paying-attention_1878095.png) > [A lot of writers will take a character at the beginning of a story. And that character will stay the same all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-lester/a-lot-of-writers-will-take-a-character-at-the-beginning-of-a-story/) [Adrian Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-lester/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/adrian-lester-6198_beginning_a-lot-of-writers-will-take-a-character-a_1170779.jpg) > [“Almost everyone I’ve ever met likes to hear a story from the beginning. It’s a curious prejudice, when you think about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-tobolowsky/almost-everyone-i-ve-ever-met-likes-to-hear-a-story-from-the/) [Stephen Tobolowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-tobolowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/stephen-tobolowsky-17312_beginning_almost-everyone-i-ve-ever-met-likes-to-h_840690.jpg) > [Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-lowery-nixon/work-extra-hard-on-the-beginning-of-your-story-so-it-snares-reader-s/) [Joan Lowery Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-lowery-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/joan-lowery-nixon-31067_books_work-extra-hard-on-the-beginning-of-your_2047510.png) > [She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bille-august/she-is-also-brought-to-a-point-of-zero-in-the-beginning-of-the-story/) [Bille August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bille-august/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/bille-august-38901_about_she-is-also-brought-to-a-point-of-zero-i_971193.jpg) > [I remember liking to write stories pretty early on. In fourth or fifth grade, they would give us the beginning of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-remember-liking-to-write-stories-pretty-early-on-in-fourth-or-fifth/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/jeffrey-eugenides-462_age_i-remember-liking-to-write-stories-prett_3069313.png) > [Every day I fantasise about situations and little themes I see in front of me that would make a good beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emilia-fox/every-day-i-fantasise-about-situations-and-little-themes-i-see-in/) [Emilia Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emilia-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/emilia-fox-16604_about_every-day-i-fantasise-about-situations-a_2929104.jpg) > [“We often don't react well to change. Consequently it won't seem right if your hero is perfectly capable right from the start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-parnell/we-often-don-t-react-well-to-change-consequently-it-won-t-seem-right/) [Rob Parnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-parnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/rob-parnell-18921_change_we-often-don-t-react-well-to-change-cons_1647330.jpg) > [Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-jeselnik/usually-the-beginning-of-a-story-that-people-hear-a-lot-for-example/) [Anthony Jeselnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-jeselnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/anthony-jeselnik-1838_car_usually-the-beginning-of-a-story-that-pe_1426092.png) > [“Real life is all beginnings. Days, weeks, children, journeys, marriages, inventions. Even a murder is the beginning of a criminal. Perhaps even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherynne-m-valente/real-life-is-all-beginnings-days-weeks-children-journeys-marriages/) [Catherynne M. Valente](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherynne-m-valente/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45a/catherynne-m-valente-375_beginning_real-life-is-all-beginnings-days-weeks-c_279666.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beginning-story/#itemlist", "name": "Beginning Story Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But that was just the beginning of the story.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kumar Anupam" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumar-anupam/but-that-was-just-the-beginning-of-the-story/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/kumar-anupam-8643_new-beginnings_but-that-was-just-the-beginning-of-the-s_892752.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/kumar-anupam-8643_new-beginnings_but-that-was-just-the-beginning-of-the-s_892752.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/kumar-anupam-8643_new-beginnings_but-that-was-just-the-beginning-of-the-s_892752.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But that was just the beginning of the story.” — Kumar Anupam", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Halley believed that a kiss was the beginning of a story, the story, good or bad, short or long, of an us, and once begun, you had to follow it through to the end.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Murray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-murray/halley-believed-that-a-kiss-was-the-beginning-of-a-story-the-story/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/paul-murray-12593_kiss_halley-believed-that-a-kiss-was-the-begi_162335.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/paul-murray-12593_kiss_halley-believed-that-a-kiss-was-the-begi_162335.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/paul-murray-12593_kiss_halley-believed-that-a-kiss-was-the-begi_162335.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Halley believed that a kiss was the beginning of a story, the story, good or bad, short or long, of an us…” — Paul Murray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the beginning of a story.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alex Graves" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to-a-story-or-more-often-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/alex-graves-21348_ask_death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to_847658.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/alex-graves-21348_ask_death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to_847658.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/alex-graves-21348_ask_death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to_847658.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's…” — Alex Graves", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alethea Kontis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alethea-kontis/do-you-still-look-at-each-other-like-you-once-did-back-at-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/alethea-kontis-14331_afraid_do-you-still-look-at-each-other-like-you_575988.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/alethea-kontis-14331_afraid_do-you-still-look-at-each-other-like-you_575988.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/alethea-kontis-14331_afraid_do-you-still-look-at-each-other-like-you_575988.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a…” — Alethea Kontis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. 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We are always coming in somewhere in the middle.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Tobolowsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-tobolowsky/almost-everyone-i-ve-ever-met-likes-to-hear-a-story-from-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/stephen-tobolowsky-17312_beginning_almost-everyone-i-ve-ever-met-likes-to-h_840690.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/stephen-tobolowsky-17312_beginning_almost-everyone-i-ve-ever-met-likes-to-h_840690.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/stephen-tobolowsky-17312_beginning_almost-everyone-i-ve-ever-met-likes-to-h_840690.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Almost everyone I’ve ever met likes to hear a story from the beginning. 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Consequently it won't seem right if your hero is perfectly capable right from the start of your story. In fact, if the protagonist is totally equipped to deal with fundamental change at the beginning of a story, you probably have no more story to tell. 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