Books Quote by Guillermo Cabrera Infante

There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.

— C. S. Forester

Every novel should have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

— Peter De Vries

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

— Jean-Luc Godard

And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are…

— John Irving

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

All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning.

— James Clavell

When I start, I have a feeling for the characters, and maybe the shape of the story. Sometimes I might even have the last…

— Paul Auster

The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

— Alan Rickman

After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change…

— Sarah Addison Allen

I usually start with something that has some energy, like a compressed character or a situation that's wound up like a spring. Then all…

— Janet Fitch

“I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any kind of…

— Charles de Lint

When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already…

— Anita Desai