Always Quote by Kami Garcia

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've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them.

— Harmony Korine

You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…

— Neil Gaiman

Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going…

— Daniel Kehlmann

I like to think that each book I start is a completely new departure But I’ve learned that whatever you do, readers will have…

— Ian Mcewan

I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after…

— John Grisham

With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare yourself. You…

— Jane Smiley

I start each book when it's ready and never before.

— Alice Walker

I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place.

— Jami Attenberg

I think one of the hardest things about doing a book in the first person is that to a certain extent each day, when…

— Anna Quindlen

I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one.

— Gloria Stuart

When I start, I have a feeling for the characters, and maybe the shape of the story. Sometimes I might even have the last…

— Paul Auster