Books Quote by Stephen King

“An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.”

— Stephen King

There are all sorts of theories and ideas about what constitutes a good opening line. It's tricky thing, and tough to talk about because…

— Stephen King

Having an open dialogue, in any creative atmosphere, is really important to feeling free to tell the story the best way you can.

— Nick Jonas

“Your story should open as a door to the reader, where the action has already begun and they have to run to keep up.”

— Davis Bunn

What you look for as a reader is somebody who is going to take you and say, 'C'mon. Come into the story. I'm going…

— Celeste Ng

Readers need to see themselves between the lines of the story.

— Karen Kingsbury

“This chapter is an attempt to share with you some insights about story listening and how to do it.”

— John S. Savage

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know…

— Julianna Baggott

And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are…

— John Irving

“I have a story to tell to anyone who is willing to listen.”

— Samy Dib

“Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I suppose what I aspire to do is to make it easy for the audience to connect with a story.

— John Tiffany