With its vastly complicated plot and its immense cast of characters swirling around the case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce that has been… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people,… — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
The problem with being grounded is it gives you a whole lot of unavoidable time to think. NOt even pulling weeds can… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I don't keep anything on paper (except within an actual novel in progress, at which point I need a file to keep… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
In 2013, when it turned out that the plot of LaBeouf's short film 'HowardCantour.com' (2012) had been purloined from graphic novelist Daniel… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
From his style, you’d think Jason Brannon was the dark double of Ray Bradbury. He cares more about character and realism than… — Michael Arnzen Copy Share Image
War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have… — David Burnett Copy Share Image
The time has mainly gone on getting Inform into a decent shape for public use. I suppose the plot of 'Curses' makes… — Graham Nelson Copy Share Image
With a novel, you have the reader with you a lot longer, and you owe him a lot more. Obviously you have… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
I tried writing out a plot with the second or third novel I wrote, and it was so boring, so desperately boring. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
NDCC is an admirable job of amassing information to prove that communism is socialism and socialism (a plot to enslave the world)… — Dan Smoot Copy Share Image
Innovation comes spontaneously. I don't know if I've done anything new. If I have, it's just because I had begun to feel… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I find the best way to make things real is to just put two characters into a space and let them talk… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The rules I go by are: Always keep your villains bad, and keep the plot grounded and real. If you keep those… — Peter Segal Copy Share Image
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
You need to know the characters as living, breathing people before you start the plot; otherwise, you'll feel panic, anarchy and chaos. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Place a beehive on my grave And let the honey soak through. When I'm dead and gone, That's what I want from… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Plot involves fragmentary reality, and it might involve composite reality. Fragmentary reality is the view of the individual. Composite reality is the… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
In 2011, I negotiated to sell a plot that I owned near the airport to RKW Developers whose director was Dheeraj Wadhawan. — Raj Kundra Copy Share Image
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces. — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Confession: When I went to see The Empire Strikes Back I found myself glancing at my watch. The Force is with us,… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
