Plot Quotes

625 quotes by 538 authors

When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask,… — Nicolas Roeg
Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves - all plot and no characters, or made-up characters - Vietnam seems to be the perfect… — Wilfrid Sheed
As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was something wrong with… — E. M. Forster
In economics, unlike fiction and the theater, there is no harm in a premature disclosure of the plot: it is to see the changes just… — John Kenneth Galbraith
From plots and treasons Heaven preserve my years, But save me most from my petitioners. Unsatiate as the barren womb or grave; God cannot grant… — John Dryden
Culture is a plot against the expansion of consciousness. — Terence McKenna
Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state. — John Selden
A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's dream, it has… — Jeff VanderMeer
Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot. — Jeff VanderMeer
I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't alone. — Jeff VanderMeer
The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two… — Judd Apatow
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense. — Ernest Gaines
Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings… — Lev Grossman
All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has… — William Gurnall
I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic… — Wendy Cope
Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can't. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what's… — Emma Donoghue
Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. — David Duchovny
There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think? — Roger Ebert
One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in… — Roger Ebert

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