Plots Quotes

126 Plots quotes by 116 unique authors

I'm not interested in plots. I'm interested only in the characterization of people and what they do. — Erskine Caldwell
... We must remember that there's more than one story and plot in every novel. There are at least as many stories as there are… — Walter Mosley
I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at… — David Baldacci
I'm not a good crime writer. I'm not good with plots... so I have to do something else. — Karin Fossum
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing… — Lisa Gardner
What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the… — Lisa Gardner
Terrorist bombers on the left, fascist plots on the right. — Ray Davies
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it. — Jami Attenberg
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods, Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Filled up… — Joseph Addison
That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until… — Charles McGrath
From plots and treasons Heaven preserve my years, But save me most from my petitioners. Unsatiate as the barren womb or grave; God cannot grant… — John Dryden
Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state. — John Selden
All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has… — William Gurnall
I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic… — Wendy Cope
Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can't. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what's… — Emma Donoghue
I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic books when I'm actually sound asleep or making grocery shopping… — Patricia Heaton
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end. — Anthony Horowitz
I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my… — Jim Jarmusch
Spy plots are hard, really hard. — Rashida Jones
Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is… — Camilla Lackberg
Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to write historical novels… — Hilary Mantel
Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power. — Marcel Marceau
I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free. — Theresa May
Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip. — Henry Miller

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