Plot Quotes

625 quotes by 538 authors

For the past few years, I've been on a quest for a good old-fashioned date, the kind where the guy calls, makes the plans, picks… — Karen Marie Moning
I'm just giving you some spiel, the ludicrous plot of a novel, a story I invented to touch your heartâ€”one-third bullshit, one-third booze, and one-third… — Antonio Lobo Antunes
though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anyone can write five people trapped in a snowstorm. The question is how you get them into the snowstorm. It's hard to write a good… — David Mamet
But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the… — George R. R. Martin
No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do more… — Dion Fortune
You keep waiting for the moral of your life to become obvious, but it never does. Work, work, work: No moral. No plot. No eureka!… — Douglas Coupland
But it isnâ€™t a rough draft either. The one I turned in several months ago was rough. There were some bad plot holes, some logical… — Patrick Rothfuss
The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel which suddenly… — Billy Collins
They were here all at once, but not together. Survival took self-absorption, and it made them strangers with nothing to do and no way to… — Ann Brashares
I like big books and I cannot lie. You other readers canâ€™t deny That when a kid walks in with The Name of the Wind… — Jim C. Hines
I was born inside the movie of my life. The visuals were before me, the audio surrounded me, the plot unfolded inevitably but not necessarily.… — Roger Ebert
There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a… — William S. Burroughs
I will destroy you. No matter how long it takes, no matter what it costs me. I wonâ€™t sleep, I wonâ€™t eat. I wonâ€™t do… — Jennifer Estep
Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot to take over… — Carrie Vaughn
It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that order. The making… — Sarah Dessen
Place a beehive on my grave And let the honey soak through. When I'm dead and gone, That's what I want from you. The streets… — Sue Monk Kidd
There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and Iâ€™ve used every one, but there is only one plot â€“ things are not as they… — Jim Thompson
But nearly every woman I know has a roughly similar story - in fact, dozens of them: stories about being obsessed with a celebrity, work… — Caitlin Moran
Mary awoke from her nightmare with a pounding heart, convinced that she had only imagined Elizabeth's cruel plot. A full moon was shining into her… — Margaret George

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