Book Quote by Liza Campbell

From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.

— Liza Campbell

First off, from reading the script and knowing that I was going to be apart of it, I'm a huge 'Wizard of Oz' fan…

— Kathleen Robertson

I was engrossed with the book, I was having difficulties with it, and I just didn't notice the years were going by.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I feel like the books were just written like a movie. You read it and you can just kind of see everything. Before I…

— Liam Hemsworth

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin…

— Mercedes Lackey

I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing…

— Hallie Ephron

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

— Anne Tyler

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

— Joyce Cary

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

When I love a novel I've read, I want to reread it - in part, to see how it was constructed.

— John Irving

It's difficult for me to imagine any scene differently because I've read the book so many times. The book, as a whole, seems like…

— Mary J. Miller

I try not to articulate ideas in the film once I've arrived on the plot and the characters. I believe that if I focus…

— Ira Sachs