Book Quote by Nelson Algren

Usually I'll write all the way through to an end, and then I go back and try to fix the ending so that it…

— Heidi Julavits

I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have…

— Vikas Swarup

Plot is not my forte. It's like I have to live in my head in the book for a while before I figure out…

— Erin Morgenstern

Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.

— Nicholas Sparks

After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change…

— Sarah Addison Allen

The book doesn't end when you finish writing it.

— Claire Tomalin

If a novel or a story works, you don't stop thinking about it; it doesn't truly end.

— Peter Orner

I want the plot to be as complicated as possible. Usually I'll write all the way through to an end, and then I go…

— Heidi Julavits

When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already…

— Anita Desai

I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. ... Of course, it rarely ends that way.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

— Meg Rosoff

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

— Daniel Pennac