
I don’t begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don’t mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey.
John Irving Quotes (Author of A Prayer for Owen Meany). (2020). Retrieved 2 March 2020, from https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3075.John_Irving