Plot Quotes

625 quotes by 538 authors

The needlework of lies and rumors seeks to distract peoples attention from the daily business of governance under the Presidents leadership. Those who continually plot… — Eduardo Ermita
Your life will have chapters, complete with crazy characters, villains and a plot you can't even imagine as you sit here today. It's a lot… — Sharyn Alfonsi
I'm told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are… — Sarah Zettel
I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend… — Sarah Zettel
Every work [of literature] has both a situation and a story. The situation is the context or circumstance, sometimes the plot; the story is the… — Vivian Gornick
We read novels because we need stories; we crave them; we canâ€™t live without telling them and hearing them. Stories are how we make sense… — John Dufresne
I believe that the formation of the Chekas was one of the gravest and most impermissible errors that the Bolshevik leaders committed in 1918 when… — Victor Serge
Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing â€“ by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesnâ€™t move forward all at… — Elizabeth Sims
Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half â€“ that is, a main plot and a… — Elizabeth Sims
All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills. — James N. Frey
But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it. — Nora Raleigh Baskin
Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away. — Lyn Nofziger
The Glittering World is a stunning phantasmagoria drawn from the world just beneath the surface, aswarm with great and memorable characters and a plot that… — Keith Donohue
I don't have a name and I don't have a plot. I have the typewriter and I have white paper and I have me, and… — William Saroyan
The whole magic of a plot requires that somebody be impeded from getting something over with. — Renata Adler
The fruit of our labors is sweet when the work is consecrated to God. But we have to be able to weather the conditions -… — Elaine L. Jack
When we resent someone in some way we need to "be on the alert" that even innocent gestures on their part can become suspect to… — Cindy Wright
Now up and atom it's on, I was raised to be strong, and mama told me be a thug since the day I was born.… — Tupac Shakur
Celebrity is a national drama whose characters' parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don't actually… — A. A. Gill
Our growing ability to eliminate the slow-moving aspects of entertainment and go hopping from one peak to another is not without cost. Stand-up comics, movie-makers… — William Raspberry

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