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There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.

— Jim Thompson

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

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

— Mike Judge

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

— Lauren Beukes

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

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it...

— Erica Jong

Life is not a plot; it's in the details.

— Jodi Picoult

Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike…

— Leigh Brackett

I have a plot, but not much happens.

— Howard Nemerov

“All plots tend to move deathward. This is the nature of plots. Political plots, terrorist plots, lovers’ plots, narrative plots, plots that are part…

— Don DeLillo

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

Anything that happens on any show is a plot contrivance because that's just storytelling.

— Bryan Fuller