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
“Plot is certainly a part of constructing a story. It’s a factor in outlining. But believe it or not, it’s the least… — Libbie Hawker Copy Share Image
But he doesn't love her. I invented that. It is a plot if you imagine people in love--the lazy looping criss crosses… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I know you can't see it, not you, Ed, but maybe if I tell you the whole plot you'll understand it this… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia… — William Wallace Cook Copy Share Image
No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one… — Dion Fortune Copy Share Image
I've started movies without screenplays both on 'Clash' and on 'Hulk,' and that is tremendously stressful because you have a tendency to… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
If the bible were published as fiction, no reviewer would give it a passing grade. There are some vivid scenes and quotable… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the… — Ansen Dibell Copy Share Image
For time and eternity there have been fathers like Nathan who simply can see no way to have a daughter but to… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Reprimand and rebuke should be accepted as healing remedies for vice and as conducive to good health. From this it is clear… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
I explained to Amazon that I don't like outlining or projecting what something's going to be. I like to allow a story… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
I have seen books made of things neither studied nor ever understood ... the author contenting himself for his own part, to… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Some people's lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That's what trauma does. It interrupts the… — Jessica Stern Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a film about anorexia. I thought about it for a long time, but then gave up on this… — Malgorzata Szumowska Copy Share Image
When in doubt, the rule of threes is a rule that plays well with all of storytelling. When describing a thing? No… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
A novel can educate to some extent, but first a novel has to entertain. That's the contract with the reader: you give… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
In the preface to his great History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher wrote: "Men wiser than and more learned than I… — D. V. Ager Copy Share Image
Have you ever visited that portion of Erin's plot that offers its sympathetic soil for the minute survey and scrutinous examination of… — Amanda McKittrick Ros Copy Share Image
But nearly every woman I know has a roughly similar story - in fact, dozens of them: stories about being obsessed with… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“The Diverted Imperium by Stewart Stafford Welcome to my lush vineyard, As we crush poison grapes, Forcing that last vinegar sip, Of… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
I don't think I do any formal research. Life is my research. I always begin with a character. I write a chapter… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I seem to wonder if we can reach some kind of new destination with cinema, or touch upon human existence in a… — Christoffer Boe Copy Share Image
Each piece of dialogue MUST be "something happening". . .The "amusing" for its OWN sake should above all be censored. . .The… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
The Pixar people continuously amaze me. They come up with something that actually looks as though it takes place in this happy,… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
The culture industry perpetually cheats its consumers of what it perpetually promises. The promissory note which, with its plots and staging, it… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
We get to get into the nitty-gritty and the minutiae of the way they relate now, and that's really valuable. We just… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
