#plot

Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that's in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labour's prize. ↗

— John Stuart Blackie

#keeping #labour #plot #power #prize

The Carrie in the plot was too much like the Carrie in the book. She smoked, she swore a lot, she was very hard, very cynical. I could never have pulled it off. ↗

— Kristin Davis

#carrie #could #cynical #hard #i

No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their place. ↗

— Cofer Black

#degrade #destroy #disrupt #group #how

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#hard #human #i #neglecting #plot

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. ↗

— Anita Desai

#characters #connection #emerges #i #plot

I remember the guest stars who came, they were always trying to find a new plot for their characters because they wanted to stay. It was really a great working environment. ↗

— Caroline Dhavernas

#because #came #characters #environment #find

Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. ↗

— David Duchovny

#games #more #nature #options #plot

I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose! ↗

— Judy Blume

#characters #coming #create #happen #i

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring. ↗

— David Brin

#backgrounds #characters #depth #develop #erupt

But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem. ↗

— Jane Campion

#different #film-makers #films #freedom #gives