Book Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“The last thing one knows when writing a book is what to put first.”

— Blaise Pascal

The last thing that we find in making a book is to know what we must put first.

— Blaise Pascal

The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start…

— Kami Garcia

Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of…

— Carl Hiaasen

“I have tried so to write the first chapter that those who can't bear such a story will see at once what they are…

— C.S. Lewis

Funny how someone thinks they know the entire story when they have only read the first line of chapter one.

— Abhishek Tiwari

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

— Blaise Pascal

A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To…

— Leon Uris

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the…

— Jonathan Kellerman

I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in…

— Neil Gaiman

Every single book is a challenge.

— Nora Roberts

I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed.

— William Gibson