When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Critics are giving marks for originality, acting, photography and scripting, while mass audiences are more drawn to familiarity of genre, stars they… — Mark Lawson Copy Share Image
Television programming for children need not be saccharine or insipid in order to give to violence its proper balance in the scheme… — Dorothy H Cohen Copy Share Image
I make very involved drawings, even little structures, and try using design to figure out the rhythm of a plot. If there… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed,… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot. — Ovid Copy Share Image
I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
When you look back on your life, it looks as though it were a plot, but when you are into it, it's… — Arthur Schopenhauer 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
I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I start with a beat sheet, which is more of an abbreviated outline. It hits all the major plot points. From there,… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
We live in a world with "free" content, and this freedom is not an imperfection. We listen to the radio without paying… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The initial attraction of a political convention was that often the outcome was not preordained. There was at least some element of… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Jeff Eastin is good in that he'll tell me a plot twist that's coming up if he thinks it would be something… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
I could never be a part of an adaptation of a film where there's pressure to not disappoint the immense fan base.… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
America has entered a great struggle that tests our strength, and even more our resolve. Our nation is patient and steadfast. We… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
