Anticipation Quote by Harper Lee

The introduction is the first and best chance to win the attention of people who otherwise would not care. The first thing you have…

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

— Elmore Leonard

You've got to introduce people to things in a way they're going to enjoy.

— Ella Woodward

I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought…

— E. Nesbit

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

— Anonymous

It's much easier to get a reception from someone if there is an introduction versus randomly trying to get in front of people.

— Brad Feld

I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further.

— Malcolm Lowry

There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.

— Evelyn Waugh

Introductions for any event follow the same principle: set the tone while listing any necessary background information, give the piece's title and author, and…

— ARNAV DIXIT

I skip the introduction. If the book goes in the trash, I want it to go because of my thoughts on it, not because…

— James Frey

If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em.

— Gail Carson Levine

Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here…

— Arthur Machen