Plot Quotes

625 quotes by 538 authors

We tolerate differences of opinion in people who are familiar to us. But differences of opinion in people we do not know sound like heresy… — Brooks Atkinson
Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless. — Charles Dudley Warner
There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot. — Jonathan Carroll
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins
I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline. — Ernest Gaines
Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically. — Aaron Eckhart
Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot. — Ramakrishna
The idea that I'm going to have to sit down to write some fiction where I'm going to have to think of a plot would… — Tracey Emin
If you stop one terror attack in the U.S., it may be connected to multiple other plots out there that are connected. If you reveal… — Patrick McHenry
The time has mainly gone on getting Inform into a decent shape for public use. I suppose the plot of 'Curses' makes a sequel conceivable… — Graham Nelson
I'm just an entertainer. In a way crime stories are boring. A crime's been committed and at the end you know it will be solved.… — Jo Nesbo
When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go… — Tea Obreht
A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes. — Dean Koontz
The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come! — Francine Pascal
Once you have invented a character with three dimensions and a voice, you begin to realize that some of the things you'd like him to… — Thomas Perry
The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization, plot and dialogue… — Garth Stein
I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically. — Alexander McCall Smith
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief… — Clive Cussler
In the preface to his great History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher wrote: "Men wiser than and more learned than I have discerned in… — D. V. Ager
Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel. — Harper Lee

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538 authors contributed a total of 625 Plot Quotes, led by these top contributors: