Away Quote by Austin Grossman

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

— James Salter

I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find…

— Steven Pressfield

When I start, I have a feeling for the characters, and maybe the shape of the story. Sometimes I might even have the last…

— Paul Auster

My main disappointment was always that a book had to end. And then what? But I don't think I was ever disappointed by the…

— Eudora Welty

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a…

— Dorothy Fields

I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending…

— Cory Doctorow

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

— Daniel Pennac

I have to admit that I was terrified of ending the book, precisely because I go around saying about pretty much every book I…

— Karan Mahajan

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

I love the idea of stories being about great beginnings and terrible endings.

— Clive Barker

I started thinking about the endings of novels not because I think endings are so important, but because I think they're actually not as…

— Lev Grossman

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon