I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem. — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's offensive to the religion of Islam. Apparently, the religion of Islam… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
Music, I find, gets you out of a trap [when screenwriting], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing,… — Tony Grisoni Copy Share Image
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
What terrifies me? When I read about plots of evil taking over the world and obliterating women's hard-won rights. — Julie Carmen Copy Share Image
There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out. — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I think, when I was younger, I believed in - and yearned for - conventional beauty. I thought there was a spectrum… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The cliches are that it's the most generic Starsky and Hutch plot you can find. — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Part of the reason why so many actors lose the plot when they go over to America is that they become part… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I'm writing,… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
The Cloud Roads has wildly original worldbuilding, diverse and engaging characters, and a thrilling adventure plot. It's that rarest of fantasies: fresh… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
THE STORIES WE TELL fearlessly explores the textures of the human heart, finding a path toward hope through a Savannah that is… — Joshilyn Jackson Copy Share Image
[E]very plot, worth the name, must be elaborated to its dénouement before anything be attempted with the pen. It is only with… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot. — Frank Moore Colby Copy Share Image
What I look for in a script is the plot point and whether they're strong, obviously, or not, whether the characters are… — Larenz Tate Copy Share Image
I wrote the plot [for the Persepolis ]and Vincent [Paronnaud] and I wrote and discussed the shooting of the script. Vincent then… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing...… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story',… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
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