"There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end."

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"A mansion begins with one brick. A forest begins with one tree. A harvest begins with one seed. An ocean begins with one drop. A friendship begins with one gesture. A fire begins with one spark. A revolution begins with one idea."

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"A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed."

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"There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be the beginning of everything. When you are thirty it can be the end of everything."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'"

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear."

C. L. R. James, British Journalist

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"To focus solely on endings is to trade conclusions for the very beginnings that created them. And if this cycle should persist, we will likewise miss the beginning that will follow this ending."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career."

William Joyce, American Author

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"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

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"The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"In my end is my beginning."

Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty

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"When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask."

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"They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive."

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"With two people and luggage on board she draws four inches of water. Two canoe paddles will move her along at a speed reasonable enough in moderate currents."

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"A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts."

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"Novel writing wrecks homes."

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"I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this."

Desire

"The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be."

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"Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out."

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"A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted."

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"I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes and ideals, without a thought of those of editors or publishers."

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