Ends Quote by Dave Barry

I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I don't start a story until I know where it's going to end.

— Brian K. Vaughan

I never start with the story first, which is maybe obvious, because the narrative line of my films is really not that strong or…

— Jim Jarmusch

I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as I go…

— Julie Kagawa

When the ending finally comes to me, I often have to backtrack and make the beginning point towards that ending. Other times, I know…

— Said Sayrafiezadeh

It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where…

— John Irving

Do not start a story unless you have an ending in mind. You can change the story's ending if you wish, but you should…

— Gene Wolfe

I try every time for a project to have a natural ending. As much as I can, I try to follow the story and…

— Sophie Calle

I love my stories being multi-layered, and coming at it from different angles, so that you don't understand the film's true emotional motivation until…

— M. Night Shyamalan

Although when I start a novel I know how it will begin and end, I like to let the people within the story take…

— Cecelia Ahern

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

Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going…

— Daniel Kehlmann