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I get a sentence, an idea, an image, and I start. I don't know anything beyond it. I follow it.

— David Rabe

I started writing more with my voice in mind.

— Lucinda Williams

Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once.

— John Coltrane

Nothing I force myself to write about ever turns out well, and so I've learned to wait for the voice, the incident, the image…

— Louise Erdrich

I don't begin a novel until I have written, not just the last sentence, but usually, as a result thereof, many of the surrounding…

— John Irving

For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

— Dario Fo

There are a zillion possibilities that you can do on a piece of paper; there is no rational way to choose. So you have…

— Gabrielle Bell

“All narrative begins for me as listening. When I read, I listen. When I write, I listen—for silence, inflection, rhythm, rest. Then comes the…

— Toni Morrison

Each time you write something, part of you grows. You're training your artistic muscles to find your voice.

— Pen Densham

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin?…

— David McCullough

“The way you deliver the words you say becomes your “vocal image. This "vocal image" can make or break your first impressions, impact your…

— Susan C. Young

I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once.

— John Coltrane