Writer Quotes and aphorisms about chapter Arthur Conan Doyle Kami Garcia Nancy Kress ,, Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn... Valerie Plame Jean M. Auel Roger Zelazny ,, I read Herman Hesse's 'Siddhartha' while I was writing 'Lord of Light' along with many other things... Greg Berlanti Gene Luen Yang Mary E. Pearson Beverley Nichols