Because Quote by John Grisham Download Open image “I hate prologues because they're kind of gimmicks to suck you in.” — John Grisham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Because Gimmicks Suck Hate Hate Prologues Kind Kind Gimmicks Prologues Prologues Kind Suck You
Most agents hate prologues. Just make the first chapter relevant and well written. — Andrea Brown Copy Share Image
Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
A deliberate choice on my part was for the player to continue to find new possibilities in the early Attic rooms far into the… — Graham Nelson Copy Share Image
I like to start with the first chapter, end with chapter 40. No flashbacks, nothing fancy, just a direct storytelling. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em. — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
It's always hard for the first movie because you have to spend so much time introducing the characters. — Todd Lieberman Copy Share Image
I always thought of episode 1 as the prologue and episode 2 as our chapter 1 for 'Loki.' — Kate Herron Copy Share Image
I always like teaser trailers because they don't give too much away, you know? They give just a flavor of what the thing is. — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
It always strikes me how almost unbelievably bad are the early versions of my novels. — Nicholas Mosley Copy Share Image
I never start with the story first, which is maybe obvious, because the narrative line of my films is really not that strong or… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
“Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?" "Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Cuando duermes, engañas al sistema. El tiempo del sueño te pertenece a ti y no al Estado.” — John Grisham Copy Share Image
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“What kind of name is Siler-Spence? I mean, what's wrong with these women who use hyphens? What if her name was Skowinski and she… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“In that case, the truck driver took the stand, swore to tell the truth, then lied for three hours. He said Gretchen crossed the… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
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It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
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