Bigs Quote by Joyce Cary

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.

— Bret Easton Ellis

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

I can't write a scene unless I've visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that's why a lot of reviewers have said…

— Eric Van Lustbader

I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel.…

— Anne Tyler

“A book can tell you all the emotions and subtext that are so rarely aptly portrayed in film. You understand the nuances of each…

— AnnaLisa Grant

If I'm really excited about a scene, I used to wait to write it, and now I'll just write it. When you do that,…

— Sabaa Tahir

I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.

— Alexander McCall Smith

What I normally do with long scenes is that I understand the emotional content and the words fall into place.

— Shefali Shah

The writing is only ever the attractive thing about a part. And also if all the elements within the writing come together - the…

— Sarah Lancashire

As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and…

— Evangeline Lilly

I look at albums like novels. If you write a really good scene or a really good moment, just because you wrote it, doesn't…

— Patrick Stump

I think the book is less emotional than the film. With the film, the emotions are much more raw and in front. In the…

— Salman Rushdie