Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
While Poe and the Symbolists were exploring the irrational in literature, Freud had begun to explore the resonant figure/ground double-plot of the… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The most important thing in the job is to make movies about women where they are characters that have consequences in the… — Amy Pascal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
We're trained to see only male or female and to plot people into those categories when they actually don't fit neatly at… — Minnie Bruce Pratt Copy Share Image
Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn’t move… — Elizabeth Sims Copy Share Image
I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
A life without purpose is like a novel without a plot. It wanders all over the place, is hard to follow, and… — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
I love the Shakespeare history plays; I love the struggle for the crown as a plot. — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I want the plot to be as complicated as possible. Usually I'll write all the way through to an end, and then… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I’ve seen… — L. J. Smith Copy Share Image
“In our modern age, there are writers who have heaped scorn on the very idea of the primacy of story. I'd rather… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
There's that lovely thing for the first month or two of writing a new book: OK, I don't know what that character's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The books people are writing today, they're too long. You get a little bit of plot, and then pages and pages of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
If I'm going to say anything about John Edwards in the future, I'll just wish he had been killed in a terrorist… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Well, it's my voice, so it's more accessible that way, and there are also all sorts of things like plot and timelines… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
The subject of a novel is not the plot. Who remembers what happened to Lucien de Rebempre in the end? — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
When we resent someone in some way we need to "be on the alert" that even innocent gestures on their part can… — Cindy Wright Copy Share Image
The fruit of our labors is sweet when the work is consecrated to God. But we have to be able to weather… — Elaine L. Jack Copy Share Image
With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
