Plots Quotes

126 Plots quotes by 116 unique authors

All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills. — James N. Frey
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
Real life seems to have no plots. — Ivy Compton-Burnett
It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient Greek word mythos… — James Hillman
The past record of man is burdened with accounts of assasinations, secret combines, palace plots and betrayals in war. But in spite of this clear… — G. Edward Griffin
But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions? — Ellen Douglas
From his style, you’d think Jason Brannon was the dark double of Ray Bradbury. He cares more about character and realism than most writers I’ve… — Michael Arnzen
A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate… — James Scott Bell
I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots, and to use the same aesthetics as painting, which has always paid great attention to… — Peter Greenaway
A. E. Maxwell wrote one of the smartest, most consistent PI series in recent memory. Big plots, great villains, and a kickass private eye with… — Tim Maleeny
The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots. — Ali Khamenei
We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills. — Janette Turner Hospital
The first act of insight is throw away the labels. In fiction, while we do not necessarily write about ourselves, we write out of ourselves,… — Eudora Welty
As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
CBS announced they're canceling As The World Turns. Don't worry though, if you're addicted to the twisted plots, the intrigue, the illicit sex, you can… — Craig Ferguson
Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and their running dogs.… — Mao Zedong
Several devices he has to draw souls to sin, and several plots he has to keep souls from all holy and heavenly services, and several… — Thomas Brooks
I wrote 'Turn Your Radio On' in 1937, and it was published in 1938. At this time radio was relatively new to the rural people,… — Albert E. Brumley
A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. — Rupert Holmes
We tolerate differences of opinion in people who are familiar to us. But differences of opinion in people we do not know sound like heresy… — Brooks Atkinson
Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless. — Charles Dudley Warner
If you stop one terror attack in the U.S., it may be connected to multiple other plots out there that are connected. If you reveal… — Patrick McHenry
The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come! — Francine Pascal
To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff -… — Billy West
My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching grand… — Juliet Marillier

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