Plot Quote by Paolo Bacigalupi Download Open image “I like fast plots with things that explode.” — Paolo Bacigalupi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Plot
As a reader I like both great characterization and fast moving plots. The challenge is to balance the both and not compromise one for… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything. — Alan Furst Copy Share Image
Those are my favorite kinds of movies, where the plots are quite small and character-driven. — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
I much prefer a plotted novel to a novel that is really conceptual. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the way, when… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head. — William Landay Copy Share Image
The reason I collect good ideas is because plots themselves are very difficult indeed to come by. — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer. — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting. — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“At the time, he told his children to watch themselves, to understand that the tides of conservatism came and went and if they could… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Doctor Mahfouz was always yammering on about how everyone had humanity in them. From Mahlia’s experience, the doctor was sliding high, but now, as… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Believing is for Santa Claus, right? It's for Tooth Fairies. It's for your boyfriend when he says he's never met anyone like you and… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“Maybe it will die on its own, a hopeful voice whispered, but the general suppressed the thought. Wishes were for victims.” — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
I used to love reading, but since I've started writing, it's harder for me to immerse, because I spend so much time looking at… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative,… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
You can't have a movie with a group of people that are significant players in the story, that push forward the plot, without introducing… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Steve [King] has been incredibly supportive. He's also really good about getting back to me when I have questions about plot or characterization. — Robin Furth Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the… — Stephen J. Cannell Copy Share Image
The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
O poor New England! There is a deep laid plot against your civil and religious liberties, and they will be lost. Your golden days… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character… — Ti West Copy Share Image
In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
I'm not so sure that I can teach people how to, you know, write dialogue or create plot or anything like that. But if… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
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