The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things. — David Shields Copy Share Image
The thing that I love is human behavior - why people do what they do, who they are, and the choices that… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it. — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
There is a theory going around that the U.S.A. was and still is a gigantic Masonic plot under the ultimate control of… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Think of it as the Doorway of No Return. The feeling must be that your lead character, once she passes through, cannot… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
“Pulaski had never been one for the overwrought plot; any entanglement he could imagine between these two lines of evidence was willful… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
The Glittering World is a stunning phantasmagoria drawn from the world just beneath the surface, aswarm with great and memorable characters and… — Keith Donohue Copy Share Image
When, and how, and at what stage of our development did spirituality and our strange notions of religion arise? the need for… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
In every well-written play the battle rages between the primary powers of Good and Evil, and it is this battle which constitutes… — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The writer must always leave room for the characters to grow and change. If you move your characters from plot point to… — Richard North Patterson Copy Share Image
With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take… — Ti West Copy Share Image
“By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and without character and plot, no book can survive.” — Craig Hart Copy Share Image
I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural. — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Quite casually I wander into my plot, poke around with my characters for a while, then amble off, leaving no moral proved… — Thorne Smith Copy Share Image
I'm just an entertainer. In a way crime stories are boring. A crime's been committed and at the end you know it… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
