Always Quote by Hallie Ephron

I'm a big fan of outlining. Here's the theory: If I outline, then I can see the mistakes I'm liable to make. They come…

— Cynthia Voigt

I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute…

— Robin Wasserman

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first…

— George Stephen

I spend a lot of time outlining before I write the first word.

— John Grisham

I don't outline. I sit down to write, and I take the ride. If something starts to not feel right, I go back to…

— Taylor Sheridan

I do not outline. There are writers I know and count as my friends who certainly do it the other way, but for me,…

— Joyce Maynard

I am a big proponent of writing a great outline. That way you can avoid hitting a roadblock. There is no worse feeling than…

— Michael Showalter

I always work from outline and almost always write out of sequence. It just works for me.

— Paul S. Kemp

I write almost purely by instinct. I've never made an outline.

— Steve Erickson

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that,…

— Neil Gaiman

Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.

— Harlan Coben

In my stand-up, I generally improvise from an outline.

— Jeff Garlin