--- title: "9 Writing Beginning Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Writing Beginning quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Writing Beginning sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/st-lucia-2349_improvising_normally-when-i-m-writing-in-the-beginni_571647.jpg" --- > [Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-lucia/normally-when-i-m-writing-in-the-beginning-i-don-t-think-of-lyrics-at/) [St. Lucia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-lucia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/st-lucia-2349_improvising_normally-when-i-m-writing-in-the-beginni_571647.jpg) > [I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-gilroy/i-spend-a-lot-of-time-in-a-sort-of-free-state-when-i-m-writing-in-the/) [Tony Gilroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-gilroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/tony-gilroy-16296_sketching_i-spend-a-lot-of-time-in-a-sort-of-free_1195953.png) > [When I teach sketch writing, there's still a beginning, middle and end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rash/when-i-teach-sketch-writing-there-s-still-a-beginning-middle-and-end/) [Jim Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/jim-rash-9572_beginning_when-i-teach-sketch-writing-there-s-stil_2958232.png) > [There are many oral historians in America, but my books are made using the rules of novel writing. I have a beginning,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/svetlana-alexievich/there-are-many-oral-historians-in-america-but-my-books-are-made-using/) [Svetlana Alexievich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/svetlana-alexievich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/svetlana-alexievich-2742_america_there-are-many-oral-historians-in-americ_1001689.jpg) > [“The three hardest parts of writing a novel are writing the beginning, the middle, and the end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/the-three-hardest-parts-of-writing-a-novel-are-writing-the-beginning/) [Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/beth-revis-2212_books_the-three-hardest-parts-of-writing-a-nov_1280203.jpg) > [When I first started writing in the beginning, it was very much surrounding the idea of escape and of fantasy, then when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arlo-parks/when-i-first-started-writing-in-the-beginning-it-was-very-much/) [Arlo Parks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arlo-parks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/arlo-parks-8686_beginning_when-i-first-started-writing-in-the-begi_1599614.jpg) > [The idea of writing, to me, was, from the beginning, was writing something which was a little different from the ordinary exchange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-merwin/the-idea-of-writing-to-me-was-from-the-beginning-was-writing/) [W. S. Merwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-merwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/w-s-merwin-10641_beginning_the-idea-of-writing-to-me-was-from-the-b_1520919.png) > [When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-konigsburg/when-i-visit-schools-and-talk-to-students-about-writing-i-give-them/) [E. L. Konigsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-konigsburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/e-l-konigsburg-17069_advice_when-i-visit-schools-and-talk-to-student_839943.jpg) > [The resistance to my work, and to my way of writing, has been there from the beginning. The first things I wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/the-resistance-to-my-work-and-to-my-way-of-writing-has-been-there/) [Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/jamaica-kincaid-1540_bottom_the-resistance-to-my-work-and-to-my-way_1450203.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-beginning/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Beginning Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. 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