Novelist Quotes and aphorisms about notes J. Courtney Sullivan Tawni O'Dell David Bergen ,, One day, at my office, I wrote down some names and dates and notes, and I wrote a title, 'The Age o... David Mitchell Peter V. Brett ,, My breakthrough was when I began to write during my commute, at first taking notes on my Palm Pilot... John Irving Scott Turow ,, I tend to start with a kernel, a vague concept, and just begin to write things down - notes about a... Richard Russo Steven Millhauser ,, When a story or part of a story comes to me, I turn it over in my mind a long time before starting ... Sharon Kay Penman