"Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth."
- Khaled Hosseini
"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely va..."
- Philip Pullman
"If you write then you are reborn because by writing about the moment, you can relive it for a second time."
- Kamand Kojouri
"When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story."
- Charles Baxter
"Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest."
- Stephen King
"In our modern age, there are writers who have heaped scorn on the very idea of the primacy of story. I'd rather warm my hands on a sunlit ice floe than try to coax fire from the books they carve from ..."
- Pat Conroy
"There's an old rule of theater that goes, 'If there's a gun on the mantel in Act I, it must go off in Act III.' The reverse is also true."
"Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is observed after the fact rather than before. It cannot prec..."
- Ray Bradbury
"I am a loser in my own plot, but I might be the hero in someone else's plot."
- Vann Chow