Areas Quote by China Mieville

Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments.

— Nicholas Sparks

Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image.

— Norman Lock

In every novel, I write about something - a place, an experience, an emotion - with which I'm intimately familiar, but it's also crucial…

— Julia Glass

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

— Danielle Steel

I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and that is…

— Michael Connelly

Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences…

— Lisa Kleypas

I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.

— James Gray

An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.

— Will Hobbs

When I'm writing a book, I draw from my immediate experience, and my books are therefore almost a snapshot of where I am at…

— Maria Semple

I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.

— Rachel Kushner

I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do tend to…

— Tom Perrotta

When I do a project, I like the idea that someone is going to experience the book, someone is going to experience the film,…

— Andrew Zuckerman