I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me

I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.

— Robyn Davidson

Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop… suddenly a splendid idea…

— Agatha Christie

All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills.

— James N. Frey

We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.

— Anonymous

Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads

— Jerry Stiller

What I can say is that there are some collections that come easily, and others that require more work.

— Stefano Gabbana

We as human beings want things to come easily to us. But we know that is not possible and we need to work hard.

— Jackky Bhagnani

When you get to be 95, travel doesn't come as easily.

— John Wooden

Writing doesn't come easily to me.

— Rick Stein

I'm just not very good at glamour... It doesn't come easily to me.

— Elize Du Toit

He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.

— Aesop

“Plots are for dead people.”

— Anonymous

I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita'…

— Marisha Pessl

Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me -…

— Rufus Wainwright

The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies…

— John Sherman Cooper