163 Quotes About Plot

The plot twist: us

What if Cinderella had been sent to kill the prince?" - Kayden

Seriously man, what are you waiting for? Get in there - or I will." - Marek Montvene

I hate when people ask what a book is about. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an Oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas. . . . Every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain. It's about words. It's about a man dealing with life. Okay?

There's a lot of sex. But it isn't about sex.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

What a disgrace! They were afraid...ashamed...they chose to conceal it...they buried the roots of a Great Civilization...they lacked the courage to go further...and turned their backs on what science had to offer them...and tried to seal away forever the hole they had torn open with their own hands.

But he doesn't love her. I invented that. It is a plot if you imagine people in love--the lazy looping criss crosses of love, blows, stares, tears. No. It doesn't happen. No love. People meet, touch, stare into one another's faces, shake their heads clear, move on, forget. It doesn't happen.