Interest Quote by Ernest Gaines

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning.

— John Grisham

I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

— Sara Zarr

I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when…

— Judy Blume

That's been my main interest for the last 15 years, is to really make sure the story and the characters take precedence over everything…

— Daniel Clowes

Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are…

— Meg Cabot

I'm not like a Sears Catalog of ideas. I don't have that many ideas. I've more or less written them over the years. Usually,…

— Brian Helgeland

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.

— Curtis Hanson

I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I…

— Lisa Unger

Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.

— Brian Keene

As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from…

— Anonymous

I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and…

— John Grisham

I really just choose stories that are compelling, have interesting trends and characters, and hopefully say something larger about society.

— David Grann