Controlled Quote by Barry Hannah

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.

— Aimee Bender

I detest the word plot. I never, never think of plot. I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I'll tell…

— Stirling Silliphant

I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden meaning tucked…

— Larry Gelbart

As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from…

— Anonymous

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

— Tom Johnson

Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative,…

— Anne Enright

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

— Steven Soderbergh

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

— Meg Rosoff

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a lot of…

— Richard Linklater

Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose…

— Lynn Coady