In plotting a book, my goal is to raise the stakes for the characters and, in so doing, keep the reader mesmerized.

- Barbara Delinsky

While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

- Dean Rusk

I love 'The Omen,' just as a piece of plotting.

- Greg Rucka

As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them.

- James Dyson

Anybody can do research. The plotting of the novel, writing the ending before you write anything else, which I always do - I don't know that everybody can do that. That's the hard part.

- John Irving

Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.

- J. Maarten Troost

Tinker Bell needs a Tinker Bell. She needs someone plotting for her. I certainly think that it's something she wants.

- Rose McIver

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.

- Sandra Brown