--- title: "22 Story Beginning Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 22 Story Beginning quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Story Beginning sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/r-c-richter-270850_beginning_every-story-has-a-beginning-and-an-end-w_104724.jpg" --- > [“Every story has a beginning and an end. What lies between those two points is the journey.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-richter/every-story-has-a-beginning-and-an-end-what-lies-between-those-two/) [R.C. Richter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-richter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/r-c-richter-270850_beginning_every-story-has-a-beginning-and-an-end-w_104724.jpg) > [The story, from beginning to end, I found again in a heart of a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/the-story-from-beginning-to-end-i-found-again-in-a-heart-of-a-friend/) [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/henry-wadsworth-longfellow-284_ends_the-story-from-beginning-to-end-i-found_1753456.jpg) > [To just tell a story from beginning, middle and end doesn't motivate me that much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mann/to-just-tell-a-story-from-beginning-middle-and-end-doesn-t-motivate/) [Michael Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/michael-mann-18140_beginning_to-just-tell-a-story-from-beginning-midd_1349164.png) > [Typically, the performance has a story - a beginning, the crescendo and the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/typically-the-performance-has-a-story-a-beginning-the-crescendo-and/) [Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/marina-abramovic-1502_crescendo_typically-the-performance-has-a-story-a_2769697.jpg) > [Every actor chooses their story at the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shia-labeouf/every-actor-chooses-their-story-at-the-beginning/) [Shia LaBeouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shia-labeouf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/shia-labeouf-1794_actors_every-actor-chooses-their-story-at-the-b_1833945.jpg) > [If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/if-i-can-tell-you-the-story-from-beginning-to-end-in-five-minutes-i-m-2/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/richard-price-14327_ends_if-i-can-tell-you-the-story-from-beginni_2678176.jpg) > [A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-o-rourke/a-mother-is-a-story-with-no-beginning-that-is-what-defines-her/) [Meghan O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/meghan-o-rourke-9574_birth_a-mother-is-a-story-with-no-beginning-th_2021395.jpg) > [A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-luc-godard/a-story-should-have-a-beginning-a-middle-and-an-end-but-not/) [Jean-Luc Godard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-luc-godard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07a/jean-luc-godard-2128_beginning_a-story-should-have-a-beginning-a-middle_2775770.jpg) > [A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/a-story-has-no-beginning-or-end-arbitrarily-one-chooses-that-moment/) [Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/graham-greene-441_creative-process_a-story-has-no-beginning-or-end-arbitrar_1042504.jpg) > [You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/len-wein/you-can-read-a-dozen-different-textbooks-or-how-to-manuals-that-will/) [Len Wein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/len-wein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/len-wein-13175_books_you-can-read-a-dozen-different-textbooks_1250425.png) > [If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing. Then it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/if-i-can-tell-you-the-story-from-beginning-to-end-in-five-minutes-i-m/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4d/richard-price-14327_beginning_if-i-can-tell-you-the-story-from-beginni_489218.jpg) > [It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-woodward/it-would-seem-that-the-watergate-story-from-beginning-to-end-could-be/) [Bob Woodward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-woodward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/bob-woodward-5424_ends_it-would-seem-that-the-watergate-story-f_955499.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) > [Any story has a beginning, middle, and end, of course, but the question is, where do you start it exactly? It's about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-c-boyle/any-story-has-a-beginning-middle-and-end-of-course-but-the-question/) [T.C. Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-c-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/t-c-boyle-8108_beginning_any-story-has-a-beginning-middle-and-end_1390332.jpg) > [It's amazing how much the sense of telling a story with a beginning, middle, and end helps me to relax. I find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-rylance/it-s-amazing-how-much-the-sense-of-telling-a-story-with-a-beginning/) [Mark Rylance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-rylance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/mark-rylance-10062_amazing_it-s-amazing-how-much-the-sense-of-telli_2541895.jpg) > [I think our goal and intention is to make sure that, when you watch each episode, you don't have to make that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/i-think-our-goal-and-intention-is-to-make-sure-that-when-you-watch/) [Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/alex-kurtzman-30346_beginning-middle-and_i-think-our-goal-and-intention-is-to-mak_1054033.jpg) > [“How are you going do your writings? How can the others understand you through words describing places, sensations, thoughts, feelings, hope, love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-vanderbuilt/how-are-you-going-do-your-writings-how-can-the-others-understand-you/) [Frederick Vanderbuilt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-vanderbuilt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff1/frederick-vanderbuilt-63429_damn-good_how-are-you-going-do-your-writings-how-c_967894.jpg) > [The way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-way-my-books-are-structured-everyone-was-together-then-they-all/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/george-r-r-martin-2-926_book_the-way-my-books-are-structured-everyone_2565716.jpg) > [If you're gonna tell a story from beginning to end, I always think you have to have a great structure in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-bullock/if-you-re-gonna-tell-a-story-from-beginning-to-end-i-always-think-you/) [Sandra Bullock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-bullock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/sandra-bullock-985_allowance_if-you-re-gonna-tell-a-story-from-beginn_2449699.jpg) > [“The Hunter: “Your future refuses to behave.” Coo-yôn yanked off the jacket he’d sourced for me. Up was down. Then he stepped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/the-hunter-your-future-refuses-to-behave-coo-y-n-yanked-off-the/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/kresley-cole-334_different-path_the-hunter-your-future-refuses-to-behave_393749.jpg) > [“Shall I tell you a story? A new and terrible one? A ghost story?" The voice, a faint echo in the cave,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/shall-i-tell-you-a-story-a-new-and-terrible-one-a-ghost-story-the/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/libba-bray-259_bad-blood_shall-i-tell-you-a-story-a-new-and-terri_1747999.png) > [But those words were only the middle of the story. There was a beginning here, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-those-words-were-only-the-middle-of-the-story-there-was-a/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/sarah-dessen-110_beginning_but-those-words-were-only-the-middle-of_2864492.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/story-beginning/#itemlist", "name": "Story Beginning Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Every story has a beginning and an end. What lies between those two points is the journey.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "R.C. 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Up was down. Then he stepped back. And released me— I toppled over, falling out of my seat onto the ground. Was the sosie dumping me on the side of the road? ’Cause I was about to die? “Now, let’s just talk . . . ’bout this, coo-yôn.” He caught hold of my good ankle, then dragged me farther away from the truck. He’d hauled me into . . . a bank of snow. _______________ The Empress: I’d thought the sight of snow—and all the emotions it brought—would make me less likely to be with Aric. Just the opposite; because I could see my future so clearly. If he died before I did, some symbol—like snow—would mark the end of his existence. Later I would experience that waypoint (because everything was connected) and wish to God I’d taken a different path. I decided then that I would map my own journey and mark my own waypoints. The snow would symbolize both the end of one story and the beginning of another. A new slate. But not a blank one. 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You wanted a story, and I'm going to give you one.\" Lightning shoots across the cave walls, bathing half her face in light, the other in shadows. \"One by one, night after night, the girls came together. And they sinned. Do you know what that sin was? No one? Pippa? Ann?\" Felicity.\" Pippa sounds anxious. \"Let's go back and have a nice cup of tea. It's too cold out here.\" Felicity's voice expands, fills the space around us, a bell tolling. \"Their sin was that they believed. Believed they could be different. Special. They believed they could change what they were--damaged, unloved. Cast-off things. They would be alive, adored, needed. Necessary. But it wasn't true. This is a ghost story, remember? A tragedy.\" The lightning's back, a big one, two, three of light that lets me see Felicity's face, slick with tears, nose running. \"They were mislead. Betrayed by their own stupid hopes. Things couldn't be different for them, because they weren't special after all. 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