67 Plots Quotes for You to Enjoy

I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way. Rufus Wainwright

Me Reputation Way Definitely Plots Price Demise Camp Precedes Again Then Paid

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. Rupert Holmes

Plots Had Songs Wrote Narratives Lot Story Early Career

Bradbury would have said his plots are myths and metaphors that tell stories about the human condition. That's what sets him apart from other science-fiction writers: He doesn't write about technology, but about the human heart and psyche. Sam Weller

Technology Heart Human Heart Sets Other Tell Plots Would About Write Writers He Myths Him Said Metaphors His Condition Psyche Human Stories Human Condition Apart

Perhaps summer's ephemeral nature is what inspires us to embrace the beach read. We tell ourselves that these twisted plots and wild characters are literary ice cream sundaes - extravagant treats that aren't as calorie-laden when we're wearing flip flops. Sarah MacLean

Nature Wild Summer Extravagant Ourselves Tell Characters Plots Embrace Wearing Beach Inspires Perhaps Read Literary Ice Ice Cream Ephemeral Cream Us Flip Flops Twisted Treats

The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots. Scott Turow

Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention. Sophie Hannah

Me Reward Crime Will Enough Crime Fiction Plots Something Attention Puzzles Most Ambitious Want Fiction Clues Really Careful

The brilliant thing about swimming is that, while you're doing it, there's nothing else you could be getting on with, like the ironing or sorting out the children. My mind goes into free-float mode; some of the best ideas for plots come into my head while I'm ploughing up and down the pool. Sophie Hannah

Best You Brilliant Mind Pool Nothing Down Swimming Else Out Plots Some About Could Head Come Like Ideas Sorting Doing Up Up And Down Mode Ironing Goes Getting Children While Thing

We don't experience our lives as plots. If I asked you to tell me what your last week was like, you're not really gonna give me plot. You're gonna give me sort of linked narrative. And I wanted to see how do we bring that into fiction without losing the reader. Teju Cole

Me You Experience Losing Our Our Lives Plot Tell Plots See Give Give Me Week Like Reader Sort Without Narrative How Linked Fiction Wanted Gonna Asked Really Your Lives Bring Last

People talk about the plots and what happened, and they see your tricks a mile away. Terence Winter

People Plots Tricks See About Talk Happened Mile Your Away

I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free. Theresa May

Free Plots Willing Risk More Terrorist Going Succeeding

I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots. Wendy Cope

Life Good Happy Women Better Happy Life Think Plots Writers Arises Supply Over Particularly Question Tragic Women Writers Whether Which

The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes. Zhang Yimou

Big Plots Scenes Like Commercialism So-Called Story Rhythms Large Elements

There are several cool cross-overs between 'Blue Shift,' 'Opposing Force' and 'Half-Life.' The plots are all designed to work nicely with themselves and the observant player will catch many cross-references. Randy Pitchford

Work Will Opposing Several Plots Observant Catch Between Force Half-Life Shift Blue Themselves Cool Many Nicely Designed Player

It goes without saying that a good Catholic novel should be good craftsmanship, good writing skills. The creative person must always be engaged in the long labor of perfecting the tools of his art. Yet the work itself need not be explicitly evangelical in its themes and plots. Michael O'Brien

Work Art Saying Good Creative Writing Long Tools Plots Must Perfecting Good Writing Catholic Without Always His Itself Labor Person Goes Craftsmanship Explicitly Themes Should Engaged Skills Evangelical Creative Person Novel Need

Plots Quotes

No more plots quotes