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I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or how the characters work. I'm trying to make the best story I possibly can.

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.

You don't idea your way into a plot but plot your way into an idea.

I'm not like a Sears Catalog of ideas. I don't have that many ideas. I've more or less written them over the years. Usually, I come up with a situation or a character, and it rattles around in my head until the story or the plot emerges.

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot.

I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.

Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the characters I'm writing dictate how the plot unfolds.