--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I always know the ending; that's where I…" description: "\"I always know the ending; that's where I start.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/anonymous-1_ending_i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i_3178172.jpg" --- # I always know the ending; that's where I start. ![“I always know the ending; that's where I start.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/anonymous-1_ending_i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i_3178172.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/anonymous-1_ending_i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i_3178172.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/anonymous-1_ending_i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i_3178172.jpg) > “I always know the ending; that's where I start.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Knowing the outcome can guide the process, but may limit openness to alternatives. **In simple terms:** Foreknowledge shapes actions. Key Takeaway Use foresight, stay flexible. Themes planning prediction strategy Mood thoughtful instructive Type philosophical practical When to use this quote - project management - storytelling - goal setting Key Concepts determinism creativity Questions to Reflect On - How does knowing the end affect your journey? - When should you stay open to change? A Different Perspective Predictability can stifle innovation. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Ending](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ending/) [Ending Start](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ending-start-5017541/) [Know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know/) [Know Ending](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-ending-238735/) [Knows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/) [Start](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/start/) ## Related quotes > [If you're looking for the happy ending and you can't seem to find..start looking for a new beginning instead..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-re-looking-for-the-happy-ending-and-you-can-t-seem-to-find/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-hale/but-how-do-you-know-if-an-ending-is-truly-good-for-the-characters/) [Shannon Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-hale/) > [“The only trust required is to know that when there is one ending there will be another beginning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/the-only-trust-required-is-to-know-that-when-there-is-one-ending/) [Clarissa Pinkola Estés](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/) > [I never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etgar-keret/i-never-know-the-endings-when-i-write-it-s-a-turnoff-when-you-know/) [Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etgar-keret/) > [If I didn't know the ending of a story, I wouldn't begin. I always write my last lines, my last paragraph first, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-didn-t-know-the-ending-of-a-story-i-wouldn-t-begin-i-always/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I have found the best way to avoid ending your life as a bitter wreck is to start out as one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-have-found-the-best-way-to-avoid-ending-your-life-as-a-bitter-wreck/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-here-s-what-i-want-you-to-know-and-here-s-what-i-want-all-our-men/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I always know more about the ending, even the aftermath to the ending, than I know about the beginning. And so there's a construction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/i-always-know-more-about-the-ending-even-the-aftermath-to-the-ending/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/when-asked-for-advice-by-beginners-know-your-ending-i-say-or-the/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) > [There's this thing in TV that I find hysterical where the writers and creators will ask us if you want to know what happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-coon/there-s-this-thing-in-tv-that-i-find-hysterical-where-the-writers-and/) [Carrie Coon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-coon/) > [“It is not about how it ends; it is about the journey. The full story. You have to know the full story to care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-callahan-henry/it-is-not-about-how-it-ends-it-is-about-the-journey-the-full-story/) [Patti Callahan Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-callahan-henry/) > [I do always know where I'm going in my books. I know the endpoint. I've written only two thousand words of my next novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-trigell/i-do-always-know-where-i-m-going-in-my-books-i-know-the-endpoint-i-ve/) [Jonathan Trigell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-trigell/) > [“Would I want to know the ending to my own story? No. I want the adventure that comes with finding out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-vogel-frederick/would-i-want-to-know-the-ending-to-my-own-story-no-i-want-the/) [Heather Vogel Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-vogel-frederick/) > [“The world as we know it is ending, my friends, no matter what happens to us”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-simmons/the-world-as-we-know-it-is-ending-my-friends-no-matter-what-happens/) [Dan Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-simmons/) > [“How about we just be Haven and Carmine?” she suggested. “We don’t know the ending, but we can always hope for the best.” “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-m-darhower/how-about-we-just-be-haven-and-carmine-she-suggested-we-don-t-know/) [J.M. Darhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-m-darhower/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Ending quotes > [So many times in television, you get cancelled arbitrarily as a result of your ratings in the off season, and you don't have an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-wyle/so-many-times-in-television-you-get-cancelled-arbitrarily-as-a-result/) [Noah Wyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-wyle/) > [So ,you're thinking it's ending but it's only just began.Your whole life is there right-right in front of you! Life's a story that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/unkown/so-you-re-thinking-it-s-ending-but-it-s-only-just-began-your-whole/) [Unkown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/unkown/) > [You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/you-could-be-the-leaf-that-never-falls-from-the-tree-you-could-be-the/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) > [The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-happy-ending-is-hardly-important-though-we-may-be-glad-its-there/) [Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/) > [It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donnie-wahlberg/it-doesn-t-matter-to-me-if-it-has-a-surprise-ending-or-not-i-usually/) [Donnie Wahlberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donnie-wahlberg/) > [Business, much like life, is not a movie, and not everyone gets to have a storybook ending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/om-malik/business-much-like-life-is-not-a-movie-and-not-everyone-gets-to-have/) [Om Malik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/om-malik/) > [ Harvey \[Weinstein\] didn't want to release \[MY SON THE FANATIC\]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/harvey-weinstein-didn-t-want-to-release-my-son-the-fanatic-he-held-it/) [Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/) > [Pagan Romans started their midwinter celebrations with the feast of Saturnalia on 17 December, ending them with a new year festival, the Kalendae Januariae,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/pagan-romans-started-their-midwinter-celebrations-with-the-feast-of/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) > [Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-quick/maybe-my-movie-isn-t-over-i-say-because-sometimes-moviemakers-trick/) [Matthew Quick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-quick/) > [I loathe people who say, 'I always read the ending of the book first.' That really irritates me, It's like someone coming to dinner,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-loathe-people-who-say-i-always-read-the-ending-of-the-book-first/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Friendship doesn't has ending...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/friendship-doesn-t-has-ending/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [In 2010, Republicans took control of politics in Alabama by advocating for increased transparency and an end to government corruption, but instead of ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-crumpton/in-2010-republicans-took-control-of-politics-in-alabama-by-advocating/) [Ron Crumpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-crumpton/) > [Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/yesterday-brought-the-beginning-tomorrow-brings-the-end-and-somewhere/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Break ups arent always meant for make ups. Sometimes relationships end in order for you to wake up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nix-mae/break-ups-arent-always-meant-for-make-ups-sometimes-relationships-end/) [Nix Mae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nix-mae/) > [Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that’s overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/everything-we-do-really-is-just-a-little-marker-on-the-long-road-to/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Browse all 1,316 Ending quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ending/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always know the ending; that's where I start.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i-start/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Ending" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i-start/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/anonymous-1_ending_i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i_3178172.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/anonymous-1_ending_i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i_3178172.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/anonymous-1_ending_i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i_3178172.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always know the ending; that's where I start.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I always know the ending; that's...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i-start/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-always-know-the-ending-that-s-where-i-start/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```