The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that… — John Sherman Cooper Copy Share Image
I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“A good plot should have a strong middle and a spectacular end. But under no circumstances should it have a beginning.” — A.M. Dean Copy Share Image
“Have no delusions of grandeur or plotting schemes. Have flawless confidence because you are worthy and sacred.” — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
“Ivy shrugs. “Poisoning is the Marauders’ way. No offense, but feel free to take some.” — S.G. Blaise Copy Share Image
“Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The created a displacement devise that separated solids into fragmented molecules.” — Gabriel F.W. Koch Copy Share Image
After writing a novel, what is there to say? If a novelist could say it in a maxim, they wouldn't need 120,000… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
As a writer, I try to appeal to the 'elusive boy audience' the same way I try to appeal to everyone: I… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
American mass media culture, with its celebrities, shopping hysteria, sound bites, formulaic plots, received ideas, and nauseating repetitions, depresses me. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
We don't experience our lives as plots. If I asked you to tell me what your last week was like, you're not… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It's almost impossible to watch a television show from… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
The brilliant thing about swimming is that, while you're doing it, there's nothing else you could be getting on with, like the… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the… — Maira Kalman Copy Share Image
“The movies remind me of the Triangle Club at Princeton. I used to belong to it, and we always started out firm… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“We need to teach our nation to detest any form of plots, insinuations, evil intrigues and violence.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either.… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors' gestures and facial expressions, with a very few… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
People talk about the plots and what happened, and they see your tricks a mile away. — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
There are those who maintain that in this world women have no right to interfere in the affairs of state, in politics,… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
