Articulate Quote by Ann Beattie

I just have to trust that the story is going to shake out in such a way that's going to be palatable to readers.

— Lynn Coady

The idea for each of the stories in this book came in a moment of belief and was written in a burst of faith,…

— Stephen King

The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories.

— Chuck Palahniuk

You're always looking for some new way to tell the same story, but it's how they get to the happy end that is the…

— Lisa Kleypas

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels…

— David Brin

I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.

— Markus Zusak

I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.

— Julia Child

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise…

— David Guterson

I did not think much what I was writing them for, except that I knew I wanted my next novel to be in some…

— Nicholas Mosley

Most writers spend their lives standing a little apart from the crowd, watching and listening and hoping to catch that tiny hint of despair,…

— Ayelet Waldman

My desire as a storyteller is to always catch the readers off guard; to give them something they aren't expecting, and take them in…

— Chris Claremont

Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists…

— George R. R. Martin