I don't go to see movies to see plots. I'm not interested in puzzles like an Agatha Christie story. — Ti West Copy Share Image
Sometimes I worry that I've lost the plot My twitching muscles tease my flippant thoughts I never really dreamed of heaven much… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come… — Siegfried Lenz Copy Share Image
[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
I'm very close to my family. Not like these big stars - not mentioning any names - who lose the plot and… — Jennifer Ellison Copy Share Image
Night Owls is a fast, fun read that kept me turning the pages. Lauren M. Roy delivers a plot that zips, dialogue… — Devon Monk Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Plot is not my forte. It's like I have to live in my head in the book for a while before I… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
I calculated the total time that humans have waited for web pages to load. It cancels out all the productivity gains of… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
In the 'Buffy' room, it was never about a plot twist, ever. It was always about, 'Tell the story, tell the characters,… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
I'm usually a panster and throw ideas down on computer the second they hit my brain. I even had to get off… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
Point of view is not something I consciously decide. Almost always, when I come up with a plot I find that the… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can have a great scene but it just doesn't need to be in the movie. If it's not progressing the… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
In a way, this kind of insight or recognition often permeates the way I think of character, how I plot action, and… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
I see this with experienced writers, too: They worry so much about the plot that they lose sight of the characters. They… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks… — Charles McGrath Copy Share Image
The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Comedy of Errors has been consistently under-appreciated, I’d argue, in part because we don’t know how to appreciate plot. Contemporary culture,… — Emma Smith Copy Share Image
The writer asks himself, 'Can I think of a plot that will parallel this? Can I take this work of literature as… — J. V. Cunningham Copy Share Image