Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When I was a young man in school, I used to read science fiction and really liked it. And as I became… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
“She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Several members of my family have, or have had, one form of dementia or another. I really wanted to explore what it… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
Perhaps I have written fiction because everything unambiguously expressed seems somehow crass to me; and when the subject is myself, I want… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
“One of the most incredible secrets of science fiction (although one not too closely guarded) is the fact that 99 percent of… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
Remember the words of Christ: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“It should be said that my parents had married for love. The affection and devotion they had shared was the rarest of… — Olivier A. Blanchard Copy Share Image
The human race will disappear. Other races will appear and disappear in turn. The sky will become icy and void, pierced by… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“Science fiction is the arena of the not-yet, and every science fiction story has this element of not-yet-ness usually a bit… — Welch Everman Copy Share Image
C.S. Lewis says that fiction is able to sneak past the watchful dragons of religion. It becomes more powerful to speak in… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
I read everywhere. I read every day. I read on the couch with my dog in the afternoon and at night. I… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
“Fiction is truth, even if it is not fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in… — John Brandon Copy Share Image
I hate my life. I'm at the point where I want to hear about other people's lives. it's like switching from fiction… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“There'd always been an understanding between Havemercy and me; that we'd kill any man who came between us. I was holding up… — Jaida Jones Copy Share Image
Unjustly poets we asperse: Truth shines the brighter clad in verse, And all the fictions they pursue Do but insinuate what is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction. If… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
The house of fiction has in short not one window, but a million, ... but they are, singly, as nothing without the… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
“For a long time, Maurice rubbed his shaved head in his palm, until at last he looked up at his student. "Teo,… — Bryan M. Litfin Copy Share Image
“What if the killer was here? He or she could be standing behind Laurel at this very moment. Laurel shivered again. She… — Tayler Marie Brooks Copy Share Image
...it seems to us that the readers who want fiction to be like life are considerably outnumbered by those who would like… — Sarah Caudwell Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t until I noticed two of the words on the sheet printed on a folder label. Sure enough, it was Williams’… — Karl Braungart Copy Share Image
I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
By and large, serious fiction was the work of victims who portrayed victims for an audience of victims who, it was oddly… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Scientists are embarrassed by science fiction; they want to distance themselves as much as possible. ... I think there's nothing to be… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Jax Cassidy is a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. Full of heat, seduction, and romance, her winning characters are sure to… — Gemma Halliday Copy Share Image
The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
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