Book Quote by Ryan North

With both novels and short stories, I think a lot in terms of character arcs, when it comes to endings.

— Laura van den Berg

Because I think of novels as collaborative enterprises between the writer and the reader, all of my novels so far have ending with endings…

— Emily Barton

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

— Shannon Hale

I like to think the endings of all my books are open to interpretation.

— Jane Green

“All those stories need different endings——which is possible because it's my life and I do have the privelege of being able to write the…

— Laura Fraser

Stories took twists and turns down fairy-tale paths or down very human everyday ones. You think you’re at the end of the book, and…

— Deb Caletti

I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.

— Stephen McCauley

Often what happens with the writing is that you know where you want to start and you know where you want to end, but…

— Chris Chibnall

I love the way that each book -- any book -- is its own journey. You open it, and off you go. You are…

— Sharon Creech

The problem is always hard to get through for the characters in books, whether its facing another's past or accepting their mistakes. But in…

— Chloe Loizeau

I feel that there is an alternate ending that leaps off too far into fantasy and there is an alternate ending that leaps off…

— Emily Barton

Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good…

— Harlan Coben