Argument Quote by Charles Murray

I assumed just from being around, all these years, that people would immediately glom on to, Well, it's a departure, and it's a dystopian…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Funny how someone thinks they know the entire story when they have only read the first line of chapter one.

— Abhishek Tiwari

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and…

— Anthony Foxx

It's often the case that the most strained moments in books are the very beginning and the very end - the getting in and…

— Robert Gottlieb

Literally, the piece at the end is where the universe is cracked apart, it's a big moment. Basically, they, the filmmakers, have directed the…

— Daniel Craig

I posted the first three chapters and I had enough people say that chapter two was dragging that I cut it out just before…

— Donald Miller

I'm beginning to feel that no author has the right to tear his characters apart if he doesn't know how, or feel that he…

— Anonymous

Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at the end.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we go, let's…

— Brad Warner

It's got a lot more room for nuance and an assumption that people have started from the beginning. 'Bloodline' ends up being like a…

— Ben Mendelsohn

I think it's a bit like coming to the end of a book. The plot's in its thickest, all the characters are in a…

— Herman Wouk

The writers are very good about misdirection and changeups, and that's what's great about it. We always think we know what's going to happen…

— Mike Colter