163 Quotes About Plot

I… realized that the revelation of my husband’s betrayal did not leave me feeling the despair of a wife with a broken heart: I was feeling the rage of a writer with a broken plot.

Abantu abathanda indaba zabantu. Abazithandi bona. Ngoba indaba zabantu soze zikusize ngalutho, futhi soze zilungise impilo yakho.

A good raconteur never gives away a story's plot at the beginning.

Some days I feel more like a scribe than a creator. I will have the major points fleshed out, but there is always a turn or two that I didn't see coming, or which came earlier than I expected it to, or not at all...

Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...?

A novel is a tricky thing to map.

Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

It was a voyage into the absurd.

Lives are like novels. Plot, character, and tone are all part of the devices we employ: Aim to be a contributor and not a detractor to the story.