Different Quote by Ian Hamilton Finlay

I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new…

— Campbell McGrath

I like to think that each book I start is a completely new departure But I’ve learned that whatever you do, readers will have…

— Ian Mcewan

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that…

— Chaim Potok

I started out as a poet who primarily wanted to write about image and moment. Over the years I've been trying to teach myself…

— Dan Chaon

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.

— Rick Perlstein

The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start…

— Kami Garcia

I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings.

— George R. R. Martin

I'm usually writing about survival. I never planned it, but it runs through all my books.

— Mark Kurlansky

Primarily I am a passionately religious man, and my novels must be written from the depth of my religious experience.

— D. H. Lawrence

My stories are sometimes closer to poems or meditations, but often there is at least a little narrative in them.

— Lydia Davis

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

I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.

— Rick Perlstein