Character Quote by James N. Frey

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

— Mike Judge

The opposing missions of the various characters create the plot.

— James N. Frey

“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

Character is the plot in many ways

— Junot Diaz

Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense, and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. Every incident in a fictional work…

— H. P. Lovecraft

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

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.

— Nancy Kress

The characters write the plot. Their natures do.

— Norman Rush

Good characters the reader cares about combined with an intriguing plot. Do those two and you've got it made.

— Bob Mayer

Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose…

— Lynn Coady

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