Plot Quotes

“Any other man would have done either of two things by now: they would have tried to run, or they would have begged for mercy. But Loch isn’t just any man.”
― S.G. Blaise, The Last Lumenian

“What the story does do, all it can do, is to transform us from readers into listeners, to whom 'a' voice speaks, the voice of the tribal narrator, squatting in the middle of the cave, and saying one thing after another until the audience falls asleep among their offal and bones. The story is primitive, it reaches back to the origins of literature, before reading was discovered, and it appeals to what is primitive in us. That is why we are so unreasonable over the stories we like, and so ready to bully those who like something else. Intolerance is the atmosphere stories generate.”
― E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel

“The greatest monster that there is: fake news media: torture with bullying, psychological warfare, spying and then using truthful misleading to complete their plot. The cheapest job ever.”
― Maria Karvouni

“Plot is the artificial reduction of life’s complexity and randomness. It is a way to give aesthetic form to reality.”
― Hari Kunzru, Red Pill

“Of course, opera has plot – and I was already anticipating all those unknown stories I was about to discover – but its main function is to deliver the characters as swiftly as possible to the point where thet can sing of their deepest emotions. Opera cuts to the chase – as death does. So now, contented indifference before Middlesbrough against Slovan Bratislava coexisted with a craving for an art in which violent, overwhelming, hysterical and destructive emotion was the norme; an art which seeks, more obviously than any other form, to break your heart.”
― Julian Barnes, Levels of Life

“I struggled with a nebulous work which seemed now a nouvelle, now a vast novel, wherein a hero not unlike myself pursued, amid ghostly incidents, a series of reflections about life and art.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince

“It was a voyage into the absurd.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince

“Yellow journalism should be illegal. They invade the lives of innocent people and evoke inexistent situations with the aim to preserve evil for profit. They can’t find anything and they construct.”
― Maria Karvouni

“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.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“One common factor among all rich people on earth is that they all invest in earth.”
― Amit Kalantri

“A goddess is born and discontentment dies in this relatable tale of self-discovery. Christine Roberts is quickly approaching the “midlife” age bracket and experiencing all the typical rewards and regrets associated with it. Her adult life has followed a traditional path-marriage, career and starting a family. But when the pillars of her identity as a mother and wife begin to crumble, she decides to reinvent herself. This awakening exposes her to new temptations but also reveals new potential. Christine soon encounters an irresistible and married man from her past and together they discover a new realm of sensual pleasure. The thrill of their forbidden relationship becomes erotically addictive and their reckless behavior quickly leads to danger.”
― Brassie Kinson

“When I was young, all I wanted to read were pretentious little books. Camus and Tournier and Calvino. If it had a plot, I hated it.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“Real estate is too important, all the battles and wars essentially happened and happens for real estate.”
― Amit Kalantri

“A customer oriented realtor not only finds you a good home, he also finds you a good neighborhood.”
― Amit Kalantri

“Plot happens outside but story happens inside. Readers won't get the true story, though, unless you put it on the page--both the big meaning in small events, and the overlooked implications of large plot turns.”
― Donald Maass, The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

“Here's some advice: If you ever have to kill someone, do it alone. No buddy watching your back, no friend with the getaway car, no one swearing you were with them.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, Crime Capsules: Tales of Death, Desire, and Deception

“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.”
― Duane Hewitt

“Real life was like a plot by Dickens . . .”
― Nancy Thayer, Surfside Sisters

“The plot twist: us”
― J.WOLF

“Rule 1: Each scene must advance the plot and the characters, but more importantly, the plot and characters must advance the theme.
Rule 2: Do not be obvious about rule 1.”
― Ken Goudsward

“People are always asking that about books: What’s it about? It sounds like a simple question, but it isn’t. You could take all day to answer it if you really wanted to. And if the person asking the question really wanted to hear it.”
― Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star

“Do I not have a plot to my life? for I am unexpectedly fragmentary.”
― Clarice Lispector

“Abantu abathanda indaba zabantu. Abazithandi bona. Ngoba indaba zabantu soze zikusize ngalutho, futhi soze zilungise impilo yakho.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Everything in this world is a plot. Even the concept of weekend holidays was created by Ford so that people would have more time to drive cars, resulting in higher sales. Deception disguised as freedom.”
― Swaraj Bhatia, Our Days :A Survival Odyssey

“There were only a few stories worth telling, which is why they needed to be told over and over again, until everyone recognized them as his own experience.”
― Gail Godwin, The Good Husband

“A good raconteur never gives away a story's plot at the beginning.”
― Elliot Connor, Human Nature: How to be a Better Animal

“When it occurs at its very finest, writing is little more than serving as a glorified stenographer. In those rare and delicious moments your only hope is that you can capture—as quickly and faithfully as possible—the lives of the characters who now exist as tangibly as you do.”
― A.G. Mock

“I was feeling the rage of a writer with a broken plot. Hell hath no fury like a memoirist whose husband just fucked up her story.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Choose to do things, because you want to, not because they told you or made you do it. Reason being lot of people choose to do or say bad things. If they know they can deny the responsibility of the outcome or they can shift the blame, when the results are bad. Not everyone has best interest for you at heart. Mostly, they are looking out for themselves. People can put your life in danger, as long it won't affect them.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“This is the only plot that really interests me, that is this plot which is the arc of the human life. I'm not interested in any other kind of adventure plots or Holy Grail plots or climbing the mountaintop plots. I'm interested in how that arc of aging, growing and then, of course, the shadowy end of life, the illness and eventual death.”
― Carol Shields