#plot

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#agony #any #discovery #exploration #go

Giving consumers the choice of having it all in one big bite means different viewers are in many different places in the book, making it hard to discuss without spoiling the plot. The intervals between first-run programming provide a space for communion and that tantalizing sense of anticipation. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#between #big #bite #book #choice

You can't remember the plot of the Dr Who movie because it didn't have one, just a lot of plot holes strung together. It did have a lot of flashing lights, though. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#did #dr #flashing #flashing lights #holes

I was studying to be an architect, I wasn't plotting to join the movies. Films were just another career option. I took acting up with the same schoolgirl enthusiasm I had for examinations. Acting is a job and I take it very seriously. ↗

— Aishwarya Rai

#another #architect #career #enthusiasm #examinations

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught. ↗

— Anne Rice

#beginning #best #catharsis #character #end

I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#device #devil #i #logarithmic #lucky

Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#devil #logarithmic #plots

God, I'd love to do a big commercial movie that made a lot of money and whose plot was interesting too. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#commercial #god #i #interesting #lot

I'm very close to my family. Not like these big stars - not mentioning any names - who lose the plot and don't know who they are. ↗