Book Quote by Michael Connelly

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers…

— Jeffery Deaver

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want…

— Anne Tyler

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

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

— Michael Connelly

Each book requires a different look. Sometimes I get to take a personal direction that's appropriate for the story. I try to push things…

— Cliff Chiang

“As for 'too much description,' well, opinions differ. We write the books we want to read. And I want to read books that are…

— George R.R. Martin

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

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

The process is different for every book, but there are similarities. I always draw from the inside out. I don't plot them ahead of…

— Elizabeth Berg

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

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