Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
Stand-up is just me trying to be as funny as possible in the most concentrated hour with me standing on stage with… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,--a main plot and an… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In 'Notting Hill,' I was part of a whole plot line over six scenes that was completely taken out. That was rather… — Richard McCabe Copy Share Image
When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
While I am usually in despair when a movie abandons its plot for a third act given over entirely to action, I… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I don't usually read my reviews. I've noticed older reviewers are much more bothered by the plot complications. Younger reviews don't seem… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
A page a day means I need to focus on a gag a day, and that's great for laughs but bad for… — Doug TenNapel Copy Share Image
You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I think that different pleasures work for different readers - a friend of mine won't read anything that's not a cardiovascular sort… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Archive material is a fabulous starting point - individual documents are like signposted roads, heading to a variety of intriguing possibilities.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves - all plot and no characters, or made-up characters - Vietnam seems to… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
A president of the United States, again, has to bring people together, have a position. We need to be able to penetrate… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
Objective truth itself is sometimes often seen as a right wing Republican-Christian plot to take over the government (though the rhetoric is… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
I think I was annoyed going through the '90s just as a guy who loves music. There wasn't a lot of music… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
“T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Read the classics one hour every day, drunk or sober. Reading the classics gives one a feeling of confidence. It familiarizes one… — Richard Haynes Copy Share Image
Once you've got a concept and a sense of themes and what it's about, then you can start to add your plot… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
I would say I have sort of a natural gift for character, and following one person's point of view at a time,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
