Amount Quote by Alan Garner

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 really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.

— Jon Krakauer

I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more about, just…

— John Boyne

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel…

— Helen Dunmore

I find research fascinating and always conduct some before I begin writing, and then fill in the rest as needed. I read stacks of…

— Julie Klassen

When I really want to learn about something, I write a book on it. Then the real research begins, as I begin to hear…

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.

— David McCullough

I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.

— Amy Bloom

Before I start writing, before I have an idea of where and when the story happens, I research it thoroughly.

— Isabel Allende

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

— Ken Follett

It's very rare that I ever go and research a particular subject. Mostly I do serendipitous research, I read stuff, things spinning out of…

— Terry Pratchett

I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the hardest time…

— James Surowiecki