--- title: "10 Life Plot Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Life Plot quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Life Plot sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/jim-jarmusch-3256_cinema_life-has-no-plot-why-must-films-or-ficti_1115448.png" --- > [Life has no plot, why must films or fiction?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/life-has-no-plot-why-must-films-or-fiction/) [Jim Jarmusch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-jarmusch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/jim-jarmusch-3256_cinema_life-has-no-plot-why-must-films-or-ficti_1115448.png) > [I love a life whose plot is simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-love-a-life-whose-plot-is-simple/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/henry-david-thoreau-20_inspirational_i-love-a-life-whose-plot-is-simple-19274_1927425.jpg) > [Life is not a plot; it's in the details.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/life-is-not-a-plot-it-s-in-the-details/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/jodi-picoult-45_details_life-is-not-a-plot-it-s-in-the-details-2_2283730.jpg) > [Welcome to the real world, she said to me. Condescendingly. Take a seat. Take your life. Plot it out in black and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mayer/welcome-to-the-real-world-she-said-to-me-condescendingly-take-a-seat/) [John Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/john-mayer-1620_black_welcome-to-the-real-world-she-said-to-me_448597.jpg) > [“Life is better than any movie or TV show. In real life there is no plot and there are billions of characters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-pamittan/life-is-better-than-any-movie-or-tv-show-in-real-life-there-is-no/) [Marc Pamittan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-pamittan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/marc-pamittan-259343_characteristics_life-is-better-than-any-movie-or-tv-show_1590578.jpg) > [Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/life-has-no-plot-it-is-by-far-more-interesting-than-anything-you-can/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/erica-jong-445_interesting_life-has-no-plot-it-is-by-far-more-inter_1794031.jpg) > [Life and career are the same thing. Every life has to have a plot and a plan. You have to recognize this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-sinclair/life-and-career-are-the-same-thing-every-life-has-to-have-a-plot-and/) [Iain Sinclair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-sinclair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/iain-sinclair-15185_articulation_life-and-career-are-the-same-thing-every_2212253.png) > [ To plot is to live. \[…\] We start out lives in chaos, in babble. As we surge up into the world, we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/to-plot-is-to-live-we-start-out-lives-in-chaos-in-babble-as-we-surge/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/don-delillo-294_after-death_to-plot-is-to-live-we-start-out-lives-in_1610967.jpg) > [“Each of us has a sophisticated system that throws away most of our experiences, keeps only a few choice samples, mixes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-that-throws-away-most-of-our/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/yuval-noah-harari-100_action-film_each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-th_607722.jpg) > [“Each of us has a sophisticated system that throws away most of our experiences, keeps only a few choice samples, mixes them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-that-throws-away-most-of-our-2/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/yuval-noah-harari-100_action-film_each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-th_1706592.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-plot/#itemlist", "name": "Life Plot Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life has no plot, why must films or fiction?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Jarmusch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-jarmusch/life-has-no-plot-why-must-films-or-fiction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/jim-jarmusch-3256_cinema_life-has-no-plot-why-must-films-or-ficti_1115448.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/jim-jarmusch-3256_cinema_life-has-no-plot-why-must-films-or-ficti_1115448.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/jim-jarmusch-3256_cinema_life-has-no-plot-why-must-films-or-ficti_1115448.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life has no plot, why must films or fiction?” — Jim Jarmusch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love a life whose plot is simple.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-love-a-life-whose-plot-is-simple/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/henry-david-thoreau-20_inspirational_i-love-a-life-whose-plot-is-simple-19274_1927425.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/henry-david-thoreau-20_inspirational_i-love-a-life-whose-plot-is-simple-19274_1927425.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/henry-david-thoreau-20_inspirational_i-love-a-life-whose-plot-is-simple-19274_1927425.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love a life whose plot is simple.” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is not a plot; it's in the details.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jodi Picoult" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/life-is-not-a-plot-it-s-in-the-details/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/jodi-picoult-45_details_life-is-not-a-plot-it-s-in-the-details-2_2283730.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/jodi-picoult-45_details_life-is-not-a-plot-it-s-in-the-details-2_2283730.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/jodi-picoult-45_details_life-is-not-a-plot-it-s-in-the-details-2_2283730.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is not a plot; it's in the details.” — Jodi Picoult", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Welcome to the real world, she said to me. 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What,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yuval Noah Harari" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-that-throws-away-most-of-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/yuval-noah-harari-100_action-film_each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-th_607722.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/yuval-noah-harari-100_action-film_each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-th_607722.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/yuval-noah-harari-100_action-film_each-of-us-has-a-sophisticated-system-th_607722.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Each of us has a sophisticated system that throws away most of our experiences, keeps only a few choice…” — Yuval Noah Harari", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Each of us has a sophisticated system that throws away most of our experiences, keeps only a few choice samples, mixes them up with bits from movies we saw, novels we read, speeches we heard, and from our own daydreams, and weaves out of all that jumble a seemingly coherent story about who I am, where I came from and where I am going. 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