Bleak Quote by James A. Baldwin

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 came to fantasy fairly late. For some ten years, I had been happily writing fiction and non-fiction for adults. But I always loved…

— Lloyd Alexander

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

“I’ve read science fiction and fantasy all my life – though when you’re a child, they just call that “books.” The first book I…

— Catherynne M. Valente

When I was growing up, I didn't feel strong. I felt weak. I felt like a scared little kid. So I naturally turned to…

— Sabaa Tahir

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 don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

— Abbas Kiarostami

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 started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.

— Dani Shapiro

I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate things that…

— Heather O'Neill

I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi.

— Kris Holden-Ried

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian