Dangerous Quote by Jay McInerney

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

— Jay McInerney

Writing is always a process of discovery—I never know the end, or even the events on the next page, until they happen. There’s a…

— Kim Edwards

Writing is a journey of discovery because until you start, you never know what will happen, and you can be surprised by what you…

— Mini Grey

I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level.

— Josh Radnor

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're…

— Bob Shacochis

I know very few writers who outline fully before they start. It just doesn't seem possible to do, because so many things don't come…

— Tom Perrotta

My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply putting down…

— Alan Lightman

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . .…

— Sabrina Jeffries

Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you…

— Walter Murch

I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset of each…

— Emily Giffin

The important discovery I made very early is that my novels had to be written without any given plan or outline. I can't do…

— Per Petterson

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

— Edward Albee