Plot Quotes · Page 12

Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot.

— Ovid

Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.

— Harper Lee

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land.

— Henry Ford

If the audience never understands the plot, it can be counted on to be attentive to the very end.

— Benedetto Marcello

[Gertrude Stein] really needed someone like Virgil Thomson, whom she respected, to sit on her a bit and make her devise some…

— James Laughlin

There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.

— Lauren Beukes

Welcome to the real world, she said to me. Condescendingly. Take a seat. Take your life. Plot it out in black and…

— John Mayer

Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a…

— George Balanchine

There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a…

— Jim Webb

The Carrie in the plot was too much like the Carrie in the book. She smoked, she swore a lot, she was…

— Kristin Davis

As in all Abercrombie's books, friends turn out to be enemies, enemies turn out to be friends; the line between good and…

— Rick Riordan

What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me…

— Lisa Gardner

A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give…

— Mark Haddon

I came to realize that far more important to me than any plot or conventional sense was the sheer directionality I felt…

— Ben Lerner

I think the great thing about the Jack Ryan films is that the plot and the story always take center stage. If…

— Chris Pine

O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your…

— George Whitefield

I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy, and one of my specializations was the logic and mathematics of game theory. I've also got…

— Brendan Myers

I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold…

— Orhan Pamuk

A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half…

— Paulo Coelho

Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Watson love Mercy [Watson]. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot,…

— Kate DiCamillo

It would be so easy to lose the plot now. It's not about achieving something for its own sake, and taking pictures…

— Wolfgang Tillmans

“This is the plot up to the moment when the writer leaves the woman still dolefully enmeshed in it, and, suitcase in…

— Philip Roth

“Nothing belongs to itself anymore. These trees are yours because you once looked at them. These streets are yours because you once…

— Kamand Kojouri

Some artists, such as Jack Kirby, need no plot at all. I mean I'll just say to Jack, "Let's let the next…

— Stan Lee

I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

— Alex Tabarrok

The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!

— Francine Pascal

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

— John Searles

“A deus ex machina will never appear in real life so you best make other arrangements.”

— Marisha Pessl

'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.

— Robert Gottlieb

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a completely ad hoc plot device.

— David Langford

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.

— Roald Dahl

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.

— Phyllis Bottome

I have suggested that behind almost all myth lies the mono-plot of the game of hide-and-seek.

— Alan Watts

[On the movie "American Hot Wax:] A plot so thin you could thread a needle with it.

— Janet Maslin

With a reality show, the bottom line is, there's no plot; there's no finale.

— Kate Gosselin

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

— Tom Johnson

I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature.

— Lauren Oliver

I'm more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and…

— Gail Carson Levine

The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.

— Billy Wilder

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