Anarchy Quote by Deborah Moggach

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal…

— Julianna Baggott

The characters write the plot. Their natures do.

— Norman Rush

When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the main characters…

— Mel Brooks

Plot is not my forte. It's like I have to live in my head in the book for a while before I figure out…

— Erin Morgenstern

The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot…

— Terry Pratchett

I plot the first 5 or 6 chapters quite minutely, and also the end. So I know where I am going but not how…

— Joanna Trollope

I work from my heart. When I look at the script, I need to feel myself in the character.

— Diljit Dosanjh

If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and…

— Felicia Day

If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you.

— Alan Lightman

You decide which characters you want and then do the best you can to bring their humanity to the forefront in the context that…

— Bob Shacochis

When it comes to a character, I make sure that it adds to the plot.

— Tamannaah

A lot of times when you do things where you're killing people, the character is always having an existential crisis about it. It's fun…

— Rose McGowan