First Page Quotes

45 quotes by 43 authors

• I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in the… — Mark Haddon
• When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used… — Danica McKellar
• If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This isn't just social… — Jodi Picoult
• For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition… — George Saunders
• Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more… — Cornelia Funke
• In that book which is my memory, On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, Appear the… — Dante Alighieri
• The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started… — Shannon Hale
• We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on… — John Gardner
• I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and… — Maya Angelou
• Covers, so many covers, so many different, delectable pictures, and although, metaphorically speaking, it is the thing I hate most, when it comes to literature… — Jane Green
• I'm Paige," I whispered. He was serious, for once. "Are you the first page, or the last?" I didn't answer, not right then. — Christopher Pike
• As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish… — David Morrell
• Well, we think that time "passes," flows past us, but what if it is we who move forward, from past to future, always discovering the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
• I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first page. — Kevin Brockmeier
• And once I know what the first page is, then the rest will come. — William Bolcom
• If it isn't on the first page of Google, it doesn't exist. — James
• It would absolutely suck if you paid a few bucks for a book only to find that on the first page it said, 'Once upon… — Simon Travaglia
• Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore.… — Mickey Spillane
• Vanity would be the attempts at a higher tier. The simple steps of my soul will carry me in a heartbeat to a nicer residence… — Mariana Fulger
• It's the first page of the second chapter! — Scooter

Who Wrote These First Page Quotes

43 authors contributed a total of 45 First Page Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 First Page Quotes by William Bolcom
• 1 First Page Quote by Tasha Alexander
• 1 First Page Quote by C. JoyBell C.
• 1 First Page Quote by Ryan Jarman
• 1 First Page Quote by Itsme867
• 1 First Page Quote by Rachel Gibson
• 1 First Page Quote by Lars Propst
• 1 First Page Quote by Heather Gudenkauf
• 1 First Page Quote by Tamara Bean
• 1 First Page Quote by Stephen Fry
• 1 First Page Quote by Ramona Koval
• 1 First Page Quote by Brody Dalle
• 1 First Page Quote by Lisa Kleypas
• 1 First Page Quote by Jane Smiley
• 1 First Page Quote by Lala Lajpat Rai
• 1 First Page Quote by Mason Cooley
• 1 First Page Quote by Nora Ephron
• 1 First Page Quote by Mark Haddon
• 1 First Page Quote by Danica McKellar
• 1 First Page Quote by Jodi Picoult
• 1 First Page Quote by George Saunders
• 1 First Page Quote by Cornelia Funke
• 1 First Page Quote by Dante Alighieri
• 1 First Page Quote by Shannon Hale
• 1 First Page Quote by John Gardner