I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Blair liked to think of herself as a hopeless romantic in the style of old movie actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
The lives of individuals of the human race form a constant plot, in which every attempt to isolate one piece of living… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
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The plot is so tired that even this reviewer, who in infancy was let drop by a nurse with the result that… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
The solution to the novel's legal problem is a satisfyingly intricate one, and nobody will want his money back on the plot.… — Wendy Lesser Copy Share Image
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I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
In re-reading 'Presumed Innocent,' the one thing that struck me - and I re-read the book four different times in writing 'Innocent,'… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
If, technologically, it is possible to make an impenetrable device or system where the encryption is so strong that there's no key… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't have a name and I don't have a plot. I have the typewriter and I have white paper and I… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
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My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to… — John Irving Copy Share Image
A loving mother-son relationship is always a plot or outwitting of some kind. 'Don't tell anyone, but...' my mother was always saying… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
So much for endings. Beginnings are always more fun. True connoisseurs, however, are known to favor the stretch in between, since it's… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
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