“ If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you. Alan Lightman Physicist
“ I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically. Alexander Mccall Smith Writer
“ Good manners, Madam, are had these days not For your asking, nor mine, nor what-we-used-to-be's. The day is a loud grenade that bursts a smile Of serious weeds in a comic lily plot. Allen Tate Poet
“ There are those who maintain that in this world women have no right to interfere in the affairs of state, in politics, in plots and counter-plots. Others that are who, more chivalrous, are willing to admit that women have as much right to act, think, and speak as men. Belle Boyd Actress
“ Good characters the reader cares about combined with an intriguing plot. Do those two and you've got it made. Bob Mayer Author
“ I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great deal of staging to tell a little story that was still part of the book. And it had to make sense on its own. Carl Barks Cartoonist