Plot Quotes

625 quotes by 538 authors

People see their own lives as stories; a lifelong story with a single hero or heroine... much contemporary unhappiness is due to the fact that… — Guy Claxton
Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the plot may seem… — Derek R. Audette
This book has too much plot and not enough story. — Samuel Goldwyn
I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it. — Jami Attenberg
It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course of hundreds of… — Christopher Bollen
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods, Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Filled up… — Joseph Addison
Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot. — Ovid
My center does not come from my mind - it feels in me like a plot of warm moist well tilled earth with the sun… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Motivation is the power behind plot. — Elizabeth Moon
Life and career are the same thing. Every life has to have a plot and a plan. You have to recognize this early and be… — Iain Sinclair
Time and times are but cogwheels, unmatched, grinding on oblivious to one another. Occasionally - oh, very rarely! - the cogs fit; the pieces of… — Robert E. Howard
Reprimand and rebuke should be accepted as healing remedies for vice and as conducive to good health. From this it is clear that those who… — Saint Basil
When Moses was alive, these pyramids were a thousand years old. Here began the history of architecture. Here people learned to measure time by a… — Walter Cronkite
I don't relax, I don't celebrate. I sit and plot. — Conor McGregor
I plot my ascent daily. — Conor McGregor
The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to think about. Who… — Joe Bradley
In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience is seeing. But… — Susan Sarandon
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids now won't be… — Cressida Cowell
My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with… — Ruta Sepetys
Thatâ€™s the problem with fiction â€” or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until… — Charles McGrath

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