Attention Quote by Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Introductions for any event follow the same principle: set the tone while listing any necessary background information, give the piece's title and author, and…

— ARNAV DIXIT

“If you are trying to get information across to someone, your ability to create a compelling introduction may be the most important single factor…

— John Medina

Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

— Elmore Leonard

As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.

— Harper Lee

I assume I don't need an introduction.

— Anne Rice

“I’ve given you plenty of ways not to start your presentation. What’s a better approach? Well, think of how a journalist writes a news…

— Bill McGowan

“The Headline Principle Get attention by starting with your best material, especially a grabbing, thought-provoking line that makes listeners think, I want to know…

— Bill McGowan

I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought…

— E. Nesbit

You've got to introduce people to things in a way they're going to enjoy.

— Ella Woodward

Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow…

— Marco Brambilla

Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here…

— Arthur Machen

One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.

— Scarlett Thomas