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I hate plots.
Spy plots are hard, really hard.
Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me.
I used to watch 'EastEnders' till the plots got ridiculous.
I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
All the characters and plots were predetermined. Games make bad plots.
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.
I don't really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything.
As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.
The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!
A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots.
People talk about the plots and what happened, and they see your tricks a mile away.
I'm not a good crime writer. I'm not good with plots... so I have to do something else.
I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
Those are my favorite kinds of movies, where the plots are quite small and character-driven.
The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.
People like the Bosch books because they like Harry Bosch, not because the plots are fantastic.
I get fed up with plots that are driven by someone constantly getting information on a computer.
I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted.
Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.
When I'm writing, I don't read much crime at all - you don't want to get distracted by other people's plots.
Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip.
I don't give plots to Harold Robbins or Graham Greene, because they don't need them, but a lot of authors do.
There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.
We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.
The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths.
The Indian audience is getting exposed to world cinema and realising the power of unique plots and distinct characters.
The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.
People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.
I am not opposed to government efforts to stop terrorist plots. We are still seared by the memory of 9/11, and we should be.
I thought at first that I might write mysteries, but then I said, 'Mysteries have plots, and I'm not sure I can do that yet.'
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.
Without - you know, good intelligence stops plots against the homeland. Without that intelligence, we cannot effectively stop it.
I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.
I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.
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.
9/11 was a sort of hinge event in American history, and all jihadi terrorist plots or attacks are kind of filtered through that lens.
The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.
Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.
I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.
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.
While love stories at the end of the day, honestly speaking, do not vary a lot in their plots, it is their treatment that separates one from the other.
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.
Fox News and other Trump-friendly media long ago became fever wards of speculation and conspiracy-mongering as they obsessed over plots from the Deep State.
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.
American mass media culture, with its celebrities, shopping hysteria, sound bites, formulaic plots, received ideas, and nauseating repetitions, depresses me.
I do not believe evil men are led by God. I believe there are plots of evil. We live in a sinful world, and there are a lot of things that happen as a result of sin.