“The story is not in the plot but in the telling.”
“Without conflict there is no plot, without hope there is no story”
“Plot is a literary convention. Story is a force of nature.”
“Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!”
“plot is not the story, but an Ariadne's thread you follow through a labyrinth of scenes.”
“Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.”