Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“It has been raining here for ten years.I keep an accurate record of time and can state this with no fear of… — Alastair Bruce Copy Share Image
“It's best not to get settled on things being a certain way, I realized. Life had a funny way if interrupting your… — Tracey Porter Copy Share Image
There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
In fiction writing ideas have to be handled extremely carefully. You can't let your characters just be mouthpieces for your ideas. They… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of hanging around when you're doing science fiction. Going down and waiting for them to set up, being… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency," or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right… — Charles Palliser Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident,… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
“A powerfully imagined event can evoke the same emotions as a real event. Few artists would contradict this, and yet there no… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Maybe it's all utterly meaningless. Maybe it's all unutterably meaningful. If you want to know which, pay attention to what it means… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“This use of ordinary people as the principal characters was fairly rare in science fiction when the book came out, and even… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature… — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
Sex can no longer be the germ, the seed of fiction. Sex is an episode, most properly conveyed in an episodic manner,… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
I do believe that sci-fi or historical fiction finds an easy home in comics because there are no budget constraints in regards… — Jonathan Hickman Copy Share Image
“I recalled something I’d read a long time ago about Satan. When he appeared, it wouldn’t be as a demon but as… — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
“I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I used to read only fiction. Now I don't read much, only occasionally, such as a Cormac McCarthy or a Jim Harrison… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I read nonfiction almost exclusively - both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
When I see things in the world that leap out at me, I want to make use of them in fiction. Maybe… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
“She actually isn't so bad, now that I'm getting to know her. She's just a little messy on the outside. But aren't… — S. Elle Cameron Copy Share Image
I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Science fiction is hard to define because it is the literature of change and it changes while you are trying to define… — Tom Shippey Copy Share Image
While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Losing maturity in one’s fiction for the sake of marvels and monsters can also mean losing propriety, and that’s not always a… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect. — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
“Fiction that fails to engage an audience with the emotional intricacies of viable characters will, for many in that audience, simply alienate… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick… — Poppy Z. Brite Copy Share Image
I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
The only rule I have in how I let characters tell stories is that they must always tell the reader their version… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
“He had always liked a good mess—God knows he had sure made a few. In typical form, he squared his shoulders, furrowed… — Shelley K. Wall Copy Share Image
I've written some short stories about my personal experience, but it's not something you can use everywhere. Every novel, every work of… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
As I got older, I really got into hard sci-fi, novels, and movies - things like 'Aliens' and 'Blade Runner' and all… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money,… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
