Beginning Quote by Chris Pavone

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…

— Ian Mcewan

If you can start and finish a book, then you're already a million miles ahead of all those people who talk about wanting to…

— Lisa Jewell

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it…

— David McCullough

It is so much hard work writing your first novel. You're not even sure that it is possible to do.

— Asa Larsson

I have never started a novel - I mean except the first, when I was starting a novel just to start a novel -…

— Joan Didion

“When you start writing, you may think you will use the book to guide readers down certain paths and through certain themes. But, the…

— M.D. Cliatt

I do better just letting the stories develop. I don't outline very well, and I can't follow it if I do. Once I've outlined…

— Joe R. Lansdale

I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my…

— Beverly Cleary

Your book may be a masterpiece but do not suggest that to the publisher because many of the most hopeless manuscripts that have come…

— Stanley Unwin

There aren't too many people out there who can start one of my books and not finish it. I don't think too many writers…

— Joy Fielding

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what…

— Azgraybebly Josland

The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start…

— Kami Garcia