Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time.… — Giles Blunt Copy Share Image
Back when the concept of organ transplants qualified as science fiction, novelist Maurice Renard wrote a thriller called 'Les Mains d'Orlac.' Call… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I'm certainly a plot and character man. Themes, structure, style - they're valid components of a novel and you can't complete the… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
In other words, you've got a journey as the plot, but it has to be in a lively environment, being able to… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
When I was writing Dune there was no room in my mind for concerns about the book's success or failure. I was… — Frank Herbert 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
In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I think I made a mistake with [Jane] Austen by reading all six in a row. There are similarities to the plots… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be an inverse paranoid. I always operate as if everything is part of a universal plot to enhance… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
I farm a little plot of things to say, with not much frontage on the busy road. — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
For me, wellbehaved books with neat plots and worked-out endings seem somewhat quaint in the face of the largely incoherent reality of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Europe is being absolutely swamped and destroyed with the crime and the problems, and it could be some sinister plot. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot… — Carrie Vaughn 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
Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
I saw the Kino print of 'The Man From Beyond,' but apparently a superior new print has been produced by Restored Serials.… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
In musical theater, if you have a song, it has to advance the plot. If you have a song in a musical… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
The difficulty in the way of writing a children's play is that Barrie was born too soon. Many people must have felt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
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