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Plots Quotes

I always tell my students to seek out other writers as models, and though it took me years to heed my own advice, it really was life-altering when I found writers who wrote long stories, full of back story and side plots and sub-histories Picture Quote #1

Rashly, and praised be rashness for it - let us know, our indiscretion sometime serves us well when our deep plots do pall, and that should learn us there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough Picture Quote #1

Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and their running dogs. Whoever relaxes vigilance will disarm himself politically and land himself in a passive position Picture Quote #1

I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots, and to use the same aesthetics as painting, which has always paid great attention to formal devices of structure, composition and framing Picture Quote #1

Plots and character don’t make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip Picture Quote #1

I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. ‘Lolita’ is that book for me. Nabokov’s love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring Picture Quote #1

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I’m real bent on dialogue. I’m just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it’s pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I’m not overly negative, either. On the whole, most writers think plots through to their consequences, and it’s not always a sunny place. I have an occupational temperament for anxiety Picture Quote #1

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them Picture Quote #1

I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, ‘Columbo,’ ‘Perry Mason,’ ‘L.A. Law.’ Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned to look like I’m listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic books when I’m actually sound asleep or making grocery shopping lists in my head Picture Quote #1

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are Picture Quote #1

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Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue written, whereas I don’t invent dialogue for my subjects or plot their lives for them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It’s almost impossible to watch a television show from 15 years ago; it’s just too boring. I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up Picture Quote #1

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I’ll go on with my virgins Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right Picture Quote #1

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American mass media culture, with its celebrities, shopping hysteria, sound bites, formulaic plots, received ideas, and nauseating repetitions, depresses me Picture Quote #1

We are now at a point where because we in fact have been successful at stopping a number of plots, a threat has evolved. We do see these lone-wolf actors. We do see these encouragements for troubled individuals to pick up a gun and act out of this ideology Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God’s hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing Picture Quote #1

Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right Picture Quote #1

I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings Picture Quote #1

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Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it’s music, not words, that provides power Picture Quote #1

Life doesn’t have plots and subplots and denouements. It’s just a big collection of loose ends and dangling threads that never get explained Picture Quote #1

There are only so many plots in the world. It’s how they unfold that makes them interesting Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free Picture Quote #1

Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can’t. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what’s going to happen in each chapter and each scene Picture Quote #1

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I always tell my students to seek out other writers as models, and though it took me years to heed my own advice, it really was life-altering when I found writers who wrote long stories, full of back story and side plots and sub-histories. (Plots Quotes) Rashly, and praised be rashness for it - let us know, our indiscretion sometime serves us well when our deep plots do pall, and that should learn us there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough (Plots Quotes) Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and their running dogs. Whoever relaxes vigilance will disarm himself politically and land himself in a passive position (Plots Quotes) I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots, and to use the same aesthetics as painting, which has always paid great attention to formal devices of structure, composition and framing (Plots Quotes) Plots and character don’t make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip. (Plots Quotes) I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. ‘Lolita’ is that book for me. Nabokov’s love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring. (Plots Quotes) I’m real bent on dialogue. I’m just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it’s pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots. (Plots Quotes) I don’t think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I’m not overly negative, either. On the whole, most writers think plots through to their consequences, and it’s not always a sunny place. I have an occupational temperament for anxiety. (Plots Quotes) Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them. (Plots Quotes) I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, ‘Columbo,’ ‘Perry Mason,’ ‘L.A. Law.’ Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money. (Plots Quotes) I’ve learned to look like I’m listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic books when I’m actually sound asleep or making grocery shopping lists in my head. (Plots Quotes) I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are. (Plots Quotes) Biographies are, in their nature, far more difficult to make into films than novels, because novels come with plots constructed and dialogue written, whereas I don’t invent dialogue for my subjects or plot their lives for them. (Plots Quotes) 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. (Plots Quotes) Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It’s almost impossible to watch a television show from 15 years ago; it’s just too boring. I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up. (Plots Quotes) As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I’ll go on with my virgins (Plots Quotes) 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. (Plots Quotes) If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right. (Plots Quotes) American mass media culture, with its celebrities, shopping hysteria, sound bites, formulaic plots, received ideas, and nauseating repetitions, depresses me. (Plots Quotes) We are now at a point where because we in fact have been successful at stopping a number of plots, a threat has evolved. We do see these lone-wolf actors. We do see these encouragements for troubled individuals to pick up a gun and act out of this ideology (Plots Quotes) 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 (Plots Quotes) All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God’s hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing. (Plots Quotes) Making up characters and places and plots, unlike fixing your plumbing or doing dishes, is anything but practical or rational. I write what needs to be written the way that seems genuinely right (Plots Quotes) I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings (Plots Quotes) Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it’s music, not words, that provides power (Plots Quotes) Life doesn’t have plots and subplots and denouements. It’s just a big collection of loose ends and dangling threads that never get explained (Plots Quotes) There are only so many plots in the world. It’s how they unfold that makes them interesting (Plots Quotes) 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 (Plots Quotes) I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free (Plots Quotes) Some writers can produce marvelous plots without planning it out, but I can’t. In particular I need to know the structure of a novel: what’s going to happen in each chapter and each scene (Plots Quotes)

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