Plot Quotes

625 quotes by 538 authors

The challenge that I set for myself was to see whether or not plot and structure could coexist, and why it was that we had… — Eleanor Catton
I think, when I was younger, I believed in - and yearned for - conventional beauty. I thought there was a spectrum from ugly to… — Rainbow Rowell
My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot. — John Searles
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling. — Ira Sachs
You compare yourself to somebody who you think is a peer, and you can totally lose the plot, and not understand that you are nothing… — Natasha Lyonne
Sometimes television can just jump from one bit of plot to the next, and the words fill in the in-between. — Chiwetel Ejiofor
The redemption plot is one of the oldest story shapes. — Peter Baynham
Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see… — Anthony Foxx
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together. — Nancy Gibbs
The first black president was a hotter plot line than the first woman president. — Tina Brown
The writer must face the fact that ordinary lives are what most people live most of the time, and that the novel as a narration… — John Updike
For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and John… — John Updike
The sentence imposed on Abdul Kadir sends a powerful and clear message. We will bring to justice those who plot to attack the United States… — Loretta Lynch
The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third… — Stephen J. Cannell
I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come to me, to… — Siegfried Lenz
I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists me in my… — Laurie Graham
In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes.… — Aristotle
The thing that I love is human behavior - why people do what they do, who they are, and the choices that they make -… — Richard LaGravenese
I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and then… — Virginia Henley
What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things? — George Villiers

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