plot is character in action. - Maren Elwood

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Even when God seemed to have abandoned me, he was watching. Even when he seemed indifferent to my suffering, he was watching. And when I was beyond all hope of saving, he gave me rest. Then he gave me a sign to continue my journey.

Maren Elwood

plot is character in action.

Action, Character, Plot

Same Author Quotes

Contrast is the intangible ingredient, the catalyst that makes life exciting. The human mind rejects monotony even to the point of destroying itself in madness, when monotony is forced upon it for too long. . . . Contrast gives variety and interest, whether it be in the universe as a whole with its light and darkness, its ceaseless motion and constant change, its creation of worlds and destruction of others.

Constant, Giving, Human, Light, Long, Mind

Fictional characters exist in only two places, neither of which is on the printed page. They exist, first, in the mind of the writer and, second, in the mind of the reader.

Character, Mind, Page, Places, Two, Writer

All art is concerned with the creation of an emotional reaction on the part of the beholder.

Art, Concerned, Creation, Emotional, Part

The need of the human mind for contrast has its roots in the mind's age-old habit of looking for differences and likenesses. When the mind can find no differences and no likenesses, as is the case when monotony is present, it restlessly, then resentfully, and at last frantically seeks for contrast that it may again busy itself with observing differences and likenesses.

Busy, Differences, Frantically, Habit, Old Habits, Roots

Similar Quotes

Mark Wahlberg

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself.

Interesting, Money, Movies, Pockets, Running

Jeff Lindsay

For my part, my interest in Paris had faded away completely long ago when I learned that it was in France.

Completely, Faded, France, Long Ago, Paris

Neal Brennan

I think that [Eddie Murphy's famous "White Like Me"] is probably the first time I thought, "Oh. Being black is different. That is a totally different experience. "

Different Experiences, Eddie, Famous, Thinking, White

Yann Martel

God, Journey, Saving, Suffering

Linda Pastan

Grief is a circular staircase.

Circular, Grief, Staircase, Staircases