Quote by Isaac Asimov

The title is the first thing that I have. Then when I have that title, I have to make sure that the title...is like,…

— Melanie Martinez

At one point it occurred to me that the title could make a more significant contribution to the storytelling process. It could act as…

— Saul Bass

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

I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first…

— Kevin Brockmeier

Winning the title is an important detail to the story, but how you get there is much more important.

— Kenny Omega

“We know how it ends practically before it starts. That´s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real…

— Anne Bishop

“The significance - and ultimately the quality - of the work we do is determined by our understanding of the story in which we…

— Wendell Berry

“The thing about finishing a story is that finishing is really only the beginning.”

— William Herring

Titles are very hard. Sometimes a title comes before I start to write the book, but often I finish the book, and I still…

— Eve Bunting

“For the fiction writer himself the whole story is the meaning, because it is an experience, not an abstraction.”

— Flannery O'Connor

“if you start writing with no idea of an ending, you’ll produce the longest, and best story you’ve ever written.”

— Blowthecandlesoutt

If you will let your dominant intention be to revise and improve the content of the story you tell every day of your life,…

— Esther Hicks