Beginning middle and end Quote by T.C. Boyle

There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.

— William Landay

Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any story springs. The threads can always…

— Clive Barker

Everything starts with a story.

— Joseph Campbell

The thing I love about this story [The Killing] and this type of storytelling is that I don't have to know the end before…

— Veena Sud

I never start with the story first, which is maybe obvious, because the narrative line of my films is really not that strong or…

— Jim Jarmusch

“Almost everyone I’ve ever met likes to hear a story from the beginning. It’s a curious prejudice, when you think about it. In life,…

— Stephen Tobolowsky

Where does a story truly begin? In life, there are seldom clear-cut beginnings, those moments when we can, in looking back, say that everything…

— Nicholas Sparks

All stories have a beginning, a middle and an ending, and if they're any good, the ending is a beginning.

— James Clavell

“How do you know where a story begins?”

— Carolee Dean

There are no beginnings, not even to stories. There are only places where you make an entrance into someone else's life and either stay…

— Timothy Findley

With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working…

— William Faulkner

“Begin your writing, fiction or article, where the action begins. This action can be internal (e.g., an important insight or personal decision) or external…

— Walt Shiel