History Quote by Alan Furst

I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.

— Liam Neeson

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

That's the way I work. I get it all plotted in my mind, and then I write it down.

— Ann Patchett

I write my scripts on a whim, without worrying about plot points and graphs.

— Gautham Menon

I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted.

— Clive Cussler

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

— J. K. Rowling

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

— Meg Rosoff

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

— William Landay

I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it.

— Jami Attenberg

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.

— Patrick deWitt

I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.

— James Ellroy