Controlled Quote by Barry Hannah

Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters are the…

— James N. Frey

Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and…

— Elizabeth Sims

Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote without a…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the way, when…

— Taylor Sheridan

Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.

— Erica Jong

The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.

— Nelson Algren

When you get to set, you don't try to play the plot; you just play the character.

— Charlie Cox

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

— Anthony Horowitz

O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days…

— George Whitefield

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

— Jessica Savitch

Mr Bush, Mr. Blair and now Mr Brown's sense of human rights precludes our people's right to their God-given resources, which in their view…

— Robert Mugabe

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

— Thomas Jefferson