I Start Quotes

628 I Start quotes by 509 unique authors

Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a… — Linwood Barclay
I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing. — Chris Cleave
I keep getting these people at my shows who only know me from television. I can always tell when they're, like, emotionally flinching when I… — Dave Attell
When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and… — Dick Dale
When I start working on a batch of tunes - like roughly 10 solid tunes - I always know there'll be another 10 to follow,… — Ryan Adams
I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and… — Jennifer Egan
Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there. — Ace Frehley
When I start writing a poem, I don't think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done. — Gwendolyn Brooks
When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make… — Paula Fox
I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's… — Edie Falco
I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's always been the case, since the first story I ever wrote.… — Amy Hempel
I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time,… — Tony Hillerman
If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me. — Natalie Imbruglia
I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the story… — Tayari Jones
I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my… — J. A. Jance
I start with actors that I know personally or I know their work, and there are things about their work or their presence or their… — Jim Jarmusch
If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car… — Ken Jennings
When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do. — Jon Krakauer
I'm kind of ADD in that sense where if I start liking something, I'll just learn it to the absolute max. — Jason Momoa
I like to think that each book I start is a completely new departure But I’ve learned that whatever you do, readers will have no… — Ian Mcewan
It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I… — Veronica Roth
If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I… — Ruud van Nistelrooy
I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up… — Bruce Dickinson
I feel a freedom when I start running. If I don't train, I feel like everyone else in the Gaza Strip. — Nader al-Masri
My mind still runs too fast. If we get the wrong fabric or something is stitched the wrong way, I get so angry and so… — William Ivey Long

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