Ballet Quote by George Balanchine

You can't have a movie with a group of people that are significant players in the story, that push forward the plot, without introducing…

— Evangeline Lilly

In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.

— Mike Judge

I just write characters, and somehow they happen to be a boy and a girl. When the story is put together, and their characters…

— Imtiaz Ali

There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side.

— Errol Morris

Without conflict there is no plot, without hope there is no story

— Cassandra Clare

There is a child in every man, and that's why larger-than-life stories which have a fairly tale component will work.

— Mahesh Bhatt

Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they…

— Anne Lamott

All we think about is how to keep the audience engaged, and normally we're big on plot because that's the easy way to do…

— Ethan Coen

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

I detest the word plot. I never, never think of plot. I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I'll tell…

— Stirling Silliphant

Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike…

— Leigh Brackett

One story sounds good until another is told

— Aesop