Before Quote by Erin Morgenstern

I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.

— Patrick deWitt

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

— Michael Ondaatje

I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself

— Alice Hoffman

I feel like I know how to write plot.

— Mike White

This book has too much plot and not enough story.

— Samuel Goldwyn

Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories…

— John Irving

There's that lovely thing for the first month or two of writing a new book: OK, I don't know what that character's going to…

— Terry Pratchett

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

— Vanna Bonta

Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the…

— Elizabeth George

The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.

— Nelson Algren

Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or…

— Brian Selznick

I think I'm good at metaphors and descriptions. Plot doesn't come naturally to me, so I work really hard at it.

— Celeste Ng