Books Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.

— Sara Shepard

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.

— Mary Wesley

I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents…

— Elizabeth Berg

I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book.

— Frank McCourt

The title's more important than the book.

— Larry Winget

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

My title isn't important. The need to have a title isn't important, none of it matters.

— Jonathan Roumie

Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous.

— Gustave Courbet

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

A good title should be like a good metaphor. It should intrigue without being too baffling or too obvious.

— Walker Percy

The title is one of the most important things. It is the first thing that people read.

— Robert Munsch

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later.

— Bob Goff