Plot Quotes

625 quotes by 538 authors

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like… — David Brin
I begin by writing paragraphs that donâ€™t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first. — Grace Paley
Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on the reader. Curiosity… — E. M. Forster
My friend Ian Hagemann, a regular at Wiscon, once said on a panel that when he reads science fiction futures that are full of white… — Nalo Hopkinson
But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot. — Keith Miller
I confess that I cannot understand how we can plot, lie, cheat and commit murder abroad and remain humane, honorable, trustworthy and trusted at home. — Archibald Cox
As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. — Ivy Compton-Burnett
I have a catch-phrase to describe my plot-generation technique -- 'What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?' — Lois McMaster Bujold
That is what I define as a novel: something that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with characters and a plot that sustain… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out. — Brad Meltzer
O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days are… — George Whitefield
The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models Iâ€™ve seen in a long… — L. J. Smith
Plot, or evolution, is life responding to environment; and not only is this response always in terms of conflict, but the really great struggle, the… — William Wallace Cook
Authors of so-called 'literary' fiction insist that action, like plot, is vulgar and unworthy of a true artist. Don't pay any attention to misguided advice… — Dean Koontz
This is the substance of our Plot-For those who play the Perfect Shot, There are ten thousand who do not. — Grantland Rice
Keith Richards outlived Jim Fixx, the runner and health nut. The plot thickens. — Bill Hicks
The CIA has a plot...they've used before to get rid of world leaders. Only problem...is convincing Hussein...to fly to Dallas. — Bill Hicks
I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on… — Ed McBain
Jeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it right-his science and his people are equally convincing. NEPTUNE CROSSING combines his strengths, from a… — Gregory Benford
I farm a little plot of things to say, with not much frontage on the busy road. — Ted Kooser

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