Idea Quote by Neil Gaiman

I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning -…

— Maira Kalman

The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by.

— Roald Dahl

We don't usually start out with a plot that we can pitch in two lines. We spend a year brainstorming and discussing ideas that…

— Joachim Trier

Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction.

— Jo Nesbo

Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a lot of…

— Richard Linklater

I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when…

— Judy Blume

Plot comes first. The plot is the archictecture of your novel. You wouldn't build a house without a plan. If I wrote without a…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.

— Lauren Beukes

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

I need time to develop the idea into a plot before I talk about it.

— James Thayer

Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence…

— Elizabeth George