Book Quote by Jeffery Deaver

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'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

— Steven Soderbergh

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story,

— Carl Hiaasen

I'm certainly a plot and character man. Themes, structure, style - they're valid components of a novel and you can't complete the book without…

— David Mitchell

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in…

— Chinua Achebe

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

— Tom Johnson

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are…

— Lauren Myracle

Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into a book.

— Rebecca Serle

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in…

— Jim Jarmusch

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 much prefer a plotted novel to a novel that is really conceptual.

— Eleanor Catton

Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.

— Michael Connelly