Already taken Quote by John Irving

“I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he…

— Anthony Trollope

I begin by writing paragraphs that don’t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first.

— Grace Paley

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

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

— Ford Madox Ford

“The characters write the story … I just get to be the first one to read it!”

— Sam Bradley

That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

It would not be amiss for the novice to write the last paragraph of his story first, once a synopsis of the plot has…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Probably a good idea, let me know how it ends" "I already know how it ends" "You read the ending first?" "I always read…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

“My story hasn’t been written yet, but I know it begins with you.”

— Emma Chase

Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.

— Lena Waithe

“The story I am going to tell has more than one beginning and without an end.”

— T. Afsin Ilgar

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