Book Quote by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.

— Mary Wesley

I couldn't decide on a title for my first novel and my editor came up with Everything Good Will Come. After that, I thought…

— Sefi Atta

A good title is the title of a successful book.

— Raymond Chandler

Next, in importance to books are their titles.

— Frank Crane

My process with starting a new project and whatnot is I begin around a title. Usually, based off of just a title, I'm able…

— Alexander Spit

I've been very fortunate at having good titles but I just think in terms of titles. I'm doing a workshop now where people write…

— Larry Winget

Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.

— Susan Orlean

Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous.

— Gustave Courbet

I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book.

— Frank McCourt

I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized…

— Janet Evanovich

I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.

— Sara Shepard

It is important for me to discover the ideal title, for without this title the story or novel isn't quite in focus.

— Joyce Carol Oates