Magic Quote by Renata Adler

When you get right down to it, there's something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

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

— Mike Judge

Plot is merely the mechanism by which your character is forced up against her deepest fears and desires.

— Margaret Bechard

That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you,…

— Charles McGrath

The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.

— David Shields

I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.

— Meg Rosoff

Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose…

— Lynn Coady

The only way I could finish a book and get a plot was just to keep making it longer until something happens.

— Nelson Algren

If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you.

— Alan Lightman

When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the main characters…

— Mel Brooks

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I dont believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger