19th century Quote by John Irving

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 never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself

— Alice Hoffman

Plot is not my forte. It's like I have to live in my head in the book for a while before I figure out…

— Erin Morgenstern

My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are…

— Joanna Trollope

I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read. The story of my childhood is the usual bleak fantasy, and we…

— James A. Baldwin

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

— Eleanor Catton

I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something…

— John Irving

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

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

I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is…

— John Irving

Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens,…

— Colin Greenland

I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.

— Kurt Vonnegut