Three characteristics a work of fiction must possess in order to be successful: 1. It must have a precise and suspenseful plot.… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You keep waiting for the moral of your life to become obvious, but it never does. Work, work, work: No moral. No… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
For the past few years, I've been on a quest for a good old-fashioned date, the kind where the guy calls, makes… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing… — Joachim Trier Copy Share Image
I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
I've always loved movies dealing with the terror of a woman who doesn't really know her husband and finds out that he's… — Anna Biller Copy Share Image
God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good… — Wendy Cope Copy Share Image
I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Badlapur' is a drama, a character-driven story. It is not so much about plot. — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
In 2013, I transferred my company Essential Hospitality that owned the plot to RKW Developers against full and final payment. No loans… — Raj Kundra Copy Share Image
I have a catch-phrase to describe my plot-generation technique -- 'What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?' — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
40 Words for Sorrow is brilliant-one of the finest crime novels I've ever read. Giles Blunt writes with uncommon grace, style and… — Jonathan Kellerman 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
I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“Is Lavos a selfish conqueror of the world, or a planetary farmer simply following its instincts? How sentient is Lavos, and if… — Michael P. Williams Copy Share Image
