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I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.

I hate plots.

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

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

I feel like I know how to write plot.

I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning - you know, 'beginning, middle and end.'

I don't plot my novels - I move along with my characters.

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.